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FUEL COST CRISIS * USA - High fuel prices hurting independent truckers
Florence,AL,USA -TimesDaily, by Russ Corey -April 20. 2008: -- ... Independent truckers are struggling with steadily increasing diesel prices... Larry Daniel, president of America's Independent Truckers' Association, said high fuel prices hurt the trucker more than the consumer.While the higher cost of fuel might raise the cost of some goods "a few cents," it could cause the independent trucker to lose his livelihood, Daniel said... He said independent truckers normally don't have the means to assess the fuel surcharge like larger trucking companies do.Daniel said large trucking companies will not haul freight without a surcharge. He said shippers will try their best to avoid it. The end result could spell the end of many small trucking companies and independent truckers, Daniel said... Tavio Headley, a spokesman for the American Trucking Association, said, "For many carriers, fuel is now equal to labor as the highest expense. For some, fuel has surpassed labor as the highest expense for the trucking industry"... "Prices have already jumped 18 percent this year," Headley said, adding that the U.S. Department of Energy's information administration sees "no end in sight."... (Photo: Independent truckers are struggling with steadily increasing diesel prices)* Hard times on the highways - $4 diesel drags down profits from trucking firms
Rapid City,SD,USA -The Rapid City Journal, by Kevin Woster -April 19, 2008: -- Stan Anders hesitates to complain about $4-a-gallon diesel fuel... Hard times are part of life, after all, in the drought-plagued prairies of central Meade County where Anders struggles to operate a family trucking business begun by his father, Ron, in 1956... Others in the trucking business, which has seen a 52-percent increase in truck repossessions during the past year or so, share Anders' hopes and fears. With diesel fuel topping $4 a gallon, another unsettling economic benchmark in a business that runs on them, the long-haul trucking hustle is an eye-opening financial experience... And South Dakota truckers, from the big outfits to smaller family operations, are facing fuel-related challenges previously unknown to many... Which brings Anders back to a simple-if-difficult solution that has been used by his friends and neighbors for generations -- hard work, and hope.... "I do have the hope," he said. "But I don't foresee it going down a lot in price, not unless the government steps in and does something. And I just don't know what that would be."...
* High fuel prices hurting independent truckers
Florence,AL,USA -The Worcester Telegram (Worcester,MA,USA), by Russ Corey -April 20, 2008: -- Charles Scott doesn't know how some of his fellow independent truckers can afford to stay in business. What he sees today frightens him... They're also dealing with shippers that are not willing to pay the truckers a fuel surcharge, which supplements the amount of money shippers pay the driver to haul the freight... Truck drivers are normally paid by the mile, Scott said... Scott said as a rule of thumb, an independent truck driver must earn the same rate per mile as he pays for a gallon of fuel... If the trucker is paying $3.91 for a gallon of diesel, he should be earning $3.91 per mile for the freight he's hauling, Scott said... In many instances, independent truckers are not earning enough to meet basic expenses... While the higher cost of fuel might raise the cost of some goods "a few cents," it could cause the independent trucker to lose his livelihood, Daniel said...
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