Fuel station strike is averted

The closure of state stations, which had been announced by the industry, was avoided aft Thursday’s gathering of unionists with Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos, banishing the superior supply problems that would person arisen.

Theodorikakos came to the gathering with substance station owners having antecedently secured a determination from the Finance Ministry to assistance them a subsidy of €3,000, successful the signifier of a voucher per state station for the timely upgrade of the input-output systems, an magnitude that according to the station owners corresponds to 50% of the total cost.

The subsidy, combined with the committedness of the related curate for the temporary ceiling connected the nett borderline (until June 30), worked to appease the industry. 

Gas station owners besides raised astatine the gathering the contented of substance tax reduction, with Theodorikakos referring the contented to the Finance Ministry, whose sources, however, look categorically opposed to such a measure, owed to the important interaction connected state revenue.

In opposition to this affirmative improvement to support the smooth supply of substance to the market, the terms occupation is intensifying aft Thursday’s rally successful planetary prices for crude, refined products and earthy gas.

The mean terms of unleaded gasoline astatine the pump nationwide reached €1.957 per liter connected Thursday, and diesel came to €1.934/liter. In the Cyclades and the Dodecanese, the mean terms exceeded €2/liter, arsenic did respective state stations successful Greater Athens. 

As of Friday, the increases of $56 per metric ton successful the Platts terms of unleaded gasoline, and $111 successful the corresponding terms of diesel substance will beryllium transferred to the pump, breaking the €2 obstruction nationwide for gasoline by Saturday and for diesel within the adjacent week.

Developments connected the terms beforehand are intensifying authorities concerns astir inflationary pressures, since planetary analysts foretell a surge successful lipid prices to $150 per tube and earthy state to €90-100/megawatt-hour if the struggle successful the Middle East continues until the extremity of March. 

Natural state terms increases are passed connected to the Greek marketplace with a month’s delay.