Average driver wage per mile was 44 cents in 2013, up from 42 cents the previous year. The single biggest cost driver was drivers, according to ATRI. That compared with $1.45 per mile in 2009, the start of the recession for the trucking industry. That was a 3 percent increase over the previous year. It found the average marginal cost per mile was $1.68 per mile in 2013. It is derived directly from carriers’ financial and operational data and provides a vital benchmarking tool for both carriers and shippers. The ATRI study, “Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking,” has been tracking truckers’ costs annually since 2008. Plus, we’re hit with rising health care costs for our people.”

Tires, insurance, terminal costs have all risen substantially. A new Class 8 truck costs about $135,000. “The cost of finding, recruiting, training and keeping drivers is steadily rising,” Shevell says. “Mike” Shevell, chairman of the Shevell Group, Elizabeth, N.J., parent company of New England Motor Freight, the nation’s 18th-largest LTL carrier expected to do approximately $400 million in revenue this year. “Everything is up-I mean everything,” says Myron P. In fact, they are rising.Ī new report by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), an arm of the American Trucking Associations, confirms what most trucking executives have been saying publicly for years: trucking costs are rising, with some components increasingly sharply. To reactivate your Office applications, reconnect to the Internet.Shippers negotiating with carriers over 2015 freight rates ought not be swayed by the dramatic lowering of diesel fuel costs into believing their carriers’ overall cost of doing business are lessening. If you don’t connect to the Internet at least every 31 days, your applications will go into reduced functionality mode, which means that you can view or print your documents but cannot edit the documents or create new ones. You should also connect to the Internet regularly to keep your version of Office up to date and benefit from automatic upgrades. Internet access is also required to access documents stored on OneDrive, unless you install the OneDrive desktop app. For Microsoft 365 plans, Internet access is also needed to manage your subscription account, for example to install Office on other PCs or to change billing options.

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