Multiple TA truck stops rationing diesel due to supply issues

Some TravelCenters of America (TA) locations in the southwest are limiting the amount of diesel that drivers can purchase due to market supply problems.

According to the TA website, the following locations are limiting diesel fuel purchases to 60 gallons:

• TA Gallup, NM: Please use Petro Milan, I-40, Exit 79 as an alternate fueling location.
• TA Santa Rosa, NM: Please use TA Albuquerque, I-40, Exit 159A (east) or 159D (west), I-25 Exit 225 (north) or 227 (south), as an alternate fueling location. 
• TA Moriarty, NM: Please use TA Albuquerque, I-40, Exit 159A (east) or 159D (west), I-25 Exit 225 (north) or 227 (south), as an alternate fueling location.
• TA Holbrook, AZ: Please use Petro Milan, NM, I-40, Exit 79, as an alternate fueling location.  

The list of locations was last updated at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 8.

Fuel supply issues have been an area of concern in 2021. In May, a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline by the hacker group DarkSide put fuel in short supply in several states and prompted the FMCSA to issue an emergency declaration in an effort to speed up fuel deliveries.

Over the late spring and early summer, intermittent fuel shortages were reported in several states. This was largely been blamed on a shortage of available tanker truck drivers to transport fuel and not on supply issues.