There is a limited supply of diesel at gas stations, waiting for a long queue of oil trucks! Rising oil prices put pressure on the transportation industry

Recently, there has been a shortage of diesel at gas stations in many areas in China, and the wholesale price is higher than the retail price. The long queue of trucks and lorry drivers at gas stations is still unable to refuel.

Shenzhen, Guangdong: Limited supply of diesel at gas stations

At a gas station in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, trucks waiting to be refueled lined up from the gas station to the main road, a full 200 meters. The truck driver told reporters that many gas stations impose a limited supply of diesel. The number of refueling of freight vehicles has increased correspondingly, which has led to more and more vehicles lining up for refueling.

Truck drivers: Generally, you can refuel in a queue for half an hour, and no more than one hour at most.

Truck driver: If you refuel now, you will be more nervous in other provinces, especially in Hunan and Jiangxi. Some petrol stations have a limit of 100 liters, and some have a limit of 300 liters.

Not only is there a shortage of diesel in Guangdong, but many inter-provincial truck drivers report that they often encounter "refueling difficulties" outside of Guangdong, which makes them afraid to take long-distance orders.

In interviews, several gas station staff said that upstream production costs have risen and the wholesale price of diesel has continued to rise, but the retail price must be in accordance with the government's guide price. The wholesale price is higher than the retail price, which leads to "batch-to-zero upside down", plus other Costs are also rising, and the more they sell, the more they lose.

Many state-owned gas stations also said that their supply has not decreased, and even slightly increased compared to previous years. However, after the National Day, the sudden increase in diesel sales made them unexpected.

Refueling is expensive, refueling is difficult, and the transportation industry is under pressure

Since the beginning of this year, China's refined oil wholesale link oil prices have shown an overall upward trend. As of October 27, the average diesel price was 6,463 yuan/ton, a year-on-year increase of 15.48%. If the price of diesel continues to rise, the retail price of refined oil will increase, which may alleviate the phenomenon of "batch and retail upside down", but the transportation industry will face great pressure.

At the Shenzhen Shekou Container Terminal, the reporter met Jiang Shuling, who had just completed the pick-up documents for imported containers. Jiang Shuling's logistics company is mainly responsible for import and export transportation at the terminal. There are more than 30 self-operated trucks. The continuous increase in diesel prices has also put a lot of pressure on their company.

Jiang Shuling, Manager of Shenzhen Hongtaijie Logistics Co., Ltd.: When the oil price is between RMB 4 and RMB 5, the cost of oil accounts for about 35% to 40%. Now this price has far exceeded 50%. I estimate that half of the profit margin will decline, which is a little difficult for us to support medium and micro enterprises or small enterprises.

Jiang Shuling calculated an account for the reporter, the gas station that their company cooperates, the oil price has risen from 5.4 yuan/liter at the beginning of the year to the current 7.79 yuan/liter, which also means that each car will increase by 100 yuan for every 100 kilometers. cost. They can only bear this part of the rising cost.

Truck drivers who make a living on transportation are equally miserable. Many drivers sign contracts with logistics companies, and their income is distributed proportionally, and fuel and road and bridge fees are borne by the drivers.

Truck driver: Some people will have to pay a few hundred yuan more for this trip, and the freight rate has not increased. If our fuel cost, including the customer, has not increased, it is deducted from our driver.

Truck driver: Think about how much it was at the beginning of the year, and how much it is now. There is a difference of one or two yuan per liter of gas. When we got up to the point, we basically worked in vain, and many people went home.

Main refineries continue to increase production, diesel shortage is expected to alleviate in November

According to industry insiders, since September, the end-use oil has increased significantly, and the demand for diesel used for industrial production and power generation has been superimposed, which has led to the current short-term imbalance of diesel supply. The reporter learned that entering November, the main refinery has plans to continue to increase diesel output and will reduce diesel exports. By then, the shortage of diesel resources may be alleviated to a certain extent.