According to the president of National Administration of Fuels, Alcohol and Portland (Ancap), Alejandro Stipanicic“Conaprole’s milk plants are about to dump the milk that comes from the dairy due to lack of fuel.”
Emergency services are also affected. According to statements by the official to El Espectador radio, patrol cars, ambulances and fire trucks were unable to refuel.
Ancap employees enjoy the benefits of any public employee, so they do not work during Tourism Week. Historically, to ensure the supply, overtime is carried out during these days.
However, this year Fancap decided not to work overtime, compromising the operation of several sectors, the most affected being the fishing. The union demands the incorporation of more personnel to the company. “All the ships are ready to set sail, but they can’t do it because there is such a measure,” Stipanicic said.
The boats of the fishing fleet, detained for four days, operate with marine diesel that can only be sold by Ancap and that they are not allowed to import to Chamber of Fishing Industries of Uruguay (CIPU).
“The day the cargo is cut off, we can no longer load the ships to leave. It would be very good to be able to adapt the regulations so that we can import directly, complying with what was established in the last Budget Law”, assured the president of CIPU, Juan Riva Zucchelli.
As a consequence, the supply of fish, a traditional food of this time for Uruguayans who celebrate the catholic holy weekis at risk, which in turn triggered the price of the existing offer in markets.
Source: Ambito
