Finally some good news for motorists - tanker drivers have called off a second strike after an agreement over pay has been reached.

The impact of the four-day strike on Kent was severe and left many of the county’s Shell stations running dry and reporting losses in their takings.

The industrial action affected around 600 drivers working for two companies with contracts to deliver petrol to Shell forecourts.

There were fears that talks between unions and management would fail, reigniting another strike this Friday.

But a final pay deal was struck last night between the Unite union and the two companies, Hoyer UK and Suckling Transport contracted to distribute Shell stocks.

Drivers had originally wanted a 13 per cent pay rise and turned down seven per cent. The final details of the agreement are not yet known.

The drivers walked out on Friday at 6am, returning to work at 6am yesterday morning.

The Shell station on Canterbury Road, Faversham, was among the many forecourts in Kent affected by the strike that saw its takings drop by a third.

A Shell forecourt in Hawley Road, Dartford, also ran out of regular diesel and unleaded petrol on Saturday and advanced fuels on Sunday.

The Shell station on Blue Bell Hill in Maidstone ran out of diesel around 9.15am on Monday.

It lasted longer than the Shell Station in Sandling Road, just outside Maidstone, which ran out of diesel on Saturday.