OT­TO CAR­RING­TON

Hun­dreds of mo­torists were af­fect­ed yes­ter­day by the clo­sure of sev­er­al Unipets ser­vice sta­tions across the coun­try yes­ter­day.

The tem­po­rary clo­sure as Paria Fu­el Trad­ing Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed has dis­con­tin­ued sup­ply­ing fu­el to Unipet.

Paria said its de­ci­sion to cut Unipet’s fu­el sup­ply was a con­se­quence of Unipet fail­ing to rene­go­ti­ate a sup­ply.

It al­so said Unipet has de­fault­ed on pay­ments owed for Sep­tem­ber and Oc­to­ber 2019 de­liv­er­ies.

Paria has had chal­lenges re­ceiv­ing pay­ment from Unipet in ac­cor­dance with the agreed pay­ment sched­ule; this fail­ure to pay monies when due has the po­ten­tial to af­fect Paria’s abil­i­ty to pro­cure fu­el from its sup­pli­ers.

In Ch­agua­nas, Guardian vis­it­ed the Unipet Brent­wood Ser­vice Sta­tion, the staff told us they are us­ing the fu­el im­passe to do op­er­a­tions up­grade.

The on­ly gas was avail­able to the mo­torist was Com­pressed Nat­ur­al Gas and diesel.

As the many cars were be­ing turned away, many seemed con­fused and up­set over the im­passe.

One mo­torist told the Guardian Me­dia that he was up­set over what is hap­pen­ing and it’s a great in­con­ve­nience to him.

At the Mon­trose Ser­vice Sta­tion the chains were pulled and no cars able to en­ter.

An­oth­er mo­torist says he was on his way to the hos­pi­tal and need­ed gas and now he has to go even fur­ther and he is ill.

These were the con­cerns of many mo­torists at­tempt­ing to get fu­el.

At Med­ford Ser­vice Sta­tion it was the sim­i­lar sit­u­a­tion no ac­cess to the pumps and these re­ports were sim­i­lar through­out the coun­try.

Unipet in a me­dia re­lease told its cus­tomers that the cur­rent sup­ply im­passe with the Paria Fu­el Trad­ing Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed was un­for­tu­nate.

The com­pa­ny said it reaf­firmed its “com­mit­ment to find­ing a speedy res­o­lu­tion. We apol­o­gize sin­cere­ly for any in­con­ve­nience that this im­passe may cause to our cus­tomers and the gen­er­al pub­lic.”

Nu­mer­ous calls to Unipet’s CEO Dex­ter Ri­ley went di­rect to voice­mail.