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In pictures: Shell industrial action

Cars queue to enter petrol station

Some motorists stocked up on fuel as petrol lorry drivers began their four-day walkout.

A picket at the gates of the Shell petrol tanker depot at the Coryton West Site, Coryton, nr Corringham in Essex

Drivers who work for two companies delivering fuel to UK Shell forecourts have picketed a number of sites.

A lorry and a picket line

Striking tanker drivers joined picket lines at several Shell sites based at oil terminals, including Stanlow in Merseyside, Avonmouth, Plymouth, Pembroke, Cardiff and Kingsbury.

A man applauding a lorry

In Tamworth, a Shell tanker driver cheered as another driver was persuaded not to cross the picket line and not to deliver fuel from the Kingsbury Oil Terminal.

A protest

Striking tanker drivers outside Stanlow Oil Refinery in Cheshire were among hundreds of drivers to take part in the industrial action across the UK.

Lorries

Shell UK has said contingency plans are in place, but some petrol stations could run out of fuel.




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