Australia’s supply of urea – an additive used in diesel engines – could run out in weeks, meaning the trucking industry could grind to a halt.
The nation, along with other developed nations, has been facing an AdBlue crisis for weeks, with fears that if the additive runs out, trucks could be taken off the road, sparking a chain of shortages on supermarket shelves across the country.
“Most trucks have to use AdBlue. The major ingredient in that is urea, and obviously China has now halted the export of urea ... 80 per cent of our urea comes from China,” Marcus Carmont, executive director of supply chain consulting firm TMX Global, told the ABC. “We’re hearing reports that there’s capacity up to, sort of, mid-January, end of January, into February, and, you know, now you’re seeing some government stimulus to get local production back up but that’s going to take some time.
Running out of urea would be a major blow to the logistics industry, causing the country’s trucking fleet to stop. “For me I think the issue is really around fuel supply, particularly the holiday season when the consumption of fuels is as high as it is throughout any other point in the year.”
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