Genesis Energy says more truck drivers are being recruited and trained to deliver LPG bottles, as high demand in wintry Christchurch has created up to 11 day long delays in getting product to it customers.
Stuff reports that a Christchurch resident Derek Woods waited 12 days for a delivery from Genesis Energy and ran out of fas before it arrived. Woods told Stuff that he only got the gas bottle because his neighbour received a delivery and Woods asked the truck driver for a spare bottle.
Genesis Energy told Stuff that more than 1000 Canterbury customers are waiting for a delivery of LPG, with a third waiting for three days or less, a third waiting for four days, and a third waiting for a period of five and nine working days. Two orders in the system for longer than 11 days will be delivered today says the energy company.
According to Genesis Energy there were a “finite number of trucks” that could deliver LPG in Christchurch and people are going through the gas as quickly as the company could deliver it.
The company told Stuff that extra trucks and drivers are being brought in as well extra delivery shifts scheduled for weekends. It is also recruiting and training more drivers to deliver the LPG bottles.
