FUEL COST SOLUTION * Thailand - Truckers may get cheap fuel
Truck operators may get cheaper diesel in response to their threats to halt operations next week
Bangkok,Thailand -The Bangkok Post, by YUTHANA PRAIWAN -16 June 2008: -- ... Energy Minister Poonpirom Liptapanlop said that since the government had knocked three baht a litre off the price of diesel for fishery, farm and bus operators, truckers deserved a break as well... Trucking fleet operators could seek assistance through the Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO), pending the outcome of further talks this week... The four refineries affiliated with majority state-owned PTT Plc are allocating a total of 122 million litres per month of cheap diesel to the three affected sectors until September, said Chavalit Pichalai, the EPPO deputy director-general... He says that around 90 million litres a month could be made available for trucks, but it would hardly cover the thousands of diesel trucks across the country...
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