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FUEL COSTS TROUBLES * USA & Canada
* USA - Truckers Barely Hanging On
Jacksonville,FL,USA -A1A South -March 11, 2008: — In twenty years of trucking, Jerome Gibson has never seen these diesel prices... At $3.99 a gallon, Gibson says he’s barely hanging on... As an independent truck driver, he owns his own rig and pays for his own gas and maintenance... Regular drivers may not think Gibson’s gas prices matter, but they depend on it because as Gibson’s price climbs, the cargo he carries gets more expensive... While many people may not think about how merchandise reaches its destination, independent trucker Clarence Spanier does... In recent weeks, his weekly income has been cut in half... Many truckers are paid by the mile, but many companies aren’t raising their pay-per-mile so the rising gas costs eat right through a trucker’s pocket... Spanier said, “If it keeps going up and up, I’ll just have to sell the truck.”...
* 'Where's Our Surcharge?'
Savannah,GA,USA -WSAV-TV, by Kaitlyn Pratt -Mar 11, 2008: -- What if you had to pay 600 dollars or more to fill up at the pump?... It's a reality many truck drivers face.... To offset the price of diesel, shipping companies are paying fuel surcharges to make up for those additional expenses. The problem - drivers say - is that money isn't making its way to them - the people who pay at the pump... Nearly a dozen Savannah Intermodal Truckers protested Tuesday in Port Wentworth... They're angry -- saying the trucking companies that hire them to transport cargo -- are keeping that cash... Truckers hope their protest puts some heat on companies not passing on those surcharges...* Canada - Surging oil costs could mean drastic spikes in food prices for Maritimers
Dieppe,NB,CAN -Truck News, by Adam Ledlow -13 March 2008: -- Residents of northern New Brunswick, Cape Breton, southwest Nova Scotia and Newfoundland could soon see a spike in food prices because of the rising price of oil, Peter Nelson, executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association was quoting as saying in the Telegraph-Journal... World oil prices crept above $108 a barrel this week, which Nelson says makes the obscene notion of an $8 head of lettuce in Newfoundland a distinct possibility... Nelson says the multiple modes of transportation needed to ship goods like groceries to Atlantic Canada, and the significant amount of fuel needed to move them, means the region will be potentially one of the hardest hit by high oil prices...
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