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Sep 15, 2012

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA

* Virginia - Trucking’s operational costs continue to rise

Arlington,VA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -Sep. 13, 2012: -- The average marginal cost per mile for truck fleets in 2011 was $1.71, the highest of the four years studied by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) in a recently released report. According to ATRI’s study, an Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking, industry costs have steadily risen through 2010 and 2011 following a sharp decline in fuel prices that resulted in decreased industry costs between 2008 and 2009... Fuel and driver wages (excluding benefits) continued to be the largest cost centers for carriers, together constituting 62% of the average operating cost in 2011, according to the report’s findings...

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