The order came as the government scrambled to deal with the repercussions from the closure of Colonial, the biggest refined products pipeline in the US, which transports 2.5million barrels of fuel a day from refineries on the Gulf Coast to markets such as Atlanta, Washington and New York. “This Declaration addresses the emergency conditions creating a need for immediate transportation of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other refined petroleum products and provides necessary relief,” the Department of Transportation said. Oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Company in Linden, New Jersey, that transports fuels along the East Coast.
The move lifted various limits on the transport of fuels by road to ease the fallout from the continuing closure of the Colonial pipeline, which carries almost half the fuel consumed on the US east coast, following a ransomware cyber attack on Friday. New York/Washington/San Francisco | The US government declared a state of emergency on Sunday (Monday AEST) in a bid to keep fuel supply lines open as fears of shortages rose following the shutdown of an essential pipeline.
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