by The Center Square Staff at Just the News
A fuel supply and logistics company is warning about diesel shortages across the Southeast United States, issuing an alert about “rapidly devolving” conditions in North Carolina and six other states.
Mansfield moved to “Alert Level 4” to address market volatility, and “Code Red” in the Southeast, which means the company is now requesting 72 hour notice for deliveries when possible “to ensure fuel and freight can be secured at economical levels.”
The “Code Red” applies to Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
The company likened current conditions for diesel to May, when prices rose by $1 per gallon as supply dried up throughout the southeast.
“Poor pipeline shipping economics and historically low diesel inventories are combining to cause shortages in various markets throughout the Southeast,” according to the alert. “These have been occurring sporadically, with areas like Tennessee seeing particularly acute challenges.”
“At times, carriers are having to visit multiple terminals to find supply, which delays deliveries and strains local trucking capacity,” the alert read.
The notice follows an October fuels report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration…
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