Gas stations run dry in several states as Pemex struggles with distribution

As Mexican motorists successful respective regions conflict to find state stations capable to capable up their tanks, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that the occupation is distribution, not supply. 

“There is not a shortage; we person gasoline,” Sheinbaum said during her greeting property conference. “The contented is with proscription and we are resolving it.” 

Part of the proviso occupation whitethorn beryllium traceable to a shortage of tanker trucks, owed to attraction issues that person sidelined a fig of transportation vehicles. (Cuartoscuro.com)

The paper El Financiero reported that presumption owners successful Mexico City, México state, the bluish authorities of Nuevo León and the confederate authorities of Chiapas person reported proviso issues. 

The state-owned lipid institution Pemex admitted that it was experiencing a shortage of tanker trucks, successful portion owed to attraction issues that person sidelined a fig of transportation vehicles.

“Some of the deliveries were inactive being managed by the Defense Ministry and work is being transferred to Pemex,” Sheinbaum said, adding that contracts with further transport companies were inactive being finalized.

Retailers affiliated with Onexpo, the nationalist confederation of state presumption owners, told El Financiero that determination appeared to beryllium capable quantities of state astatine Pemex’s retention and organisation terminals.

Onexpo vice president Fernando González described the logistical issues arsenic “a impermanent irregularity successful transportation procedures.” He besides said that astir 5% of stations successful the Valley of Mexico — comprising the greater Mexico City metropolitan area, México authorities and portion of the authorities of Hidalgo — person been affected.

El Financiero said astatine slightest 42 stations successful the concern authorities of Nuevo León were without gasoline  — astir 5.6% of the full — and 27 stations successful Chiapas are experiencing the aforesaid fate. More than 40 stations successful the confederate authorities had reported proviso issues astatine the opening of the week.

Residents of Monterrey, the superior of Nuevo León, complained astir the inconvenience, with respective posting connected societal media that astatine slightest 5 stations were closed — 1 for much than a week. The closures were forcing them to set routines — and usage much state — portion looking for alternatives. 

The concern successful Chiapas was complicated by the midweek takeover of a organisation terminal by retired Pemex workers who complained that the institution had wealth to bargain much tanker trucks, but had failed to fulfill a committedness to supply wellness attraction services to the retirees. 

In a Thursday connection posted connected societal media, Pemex said it had taken steps to reenforce its transportation capabilities successful the Valley of Mexico, portion guaranteeing “a safe, businesslike and continuous proviso for customers.”

With reports from Proceso, Milenio and El Financiero