Trucking Industry Seeks Fuel Efficiency, Imposes Surcharges (Canada)

Record high crude oil prices
are being reflected at more than just the gas pumps. Diesel fuel used by truckers
has increased in price by 21% over the past ten weeks and is up 27% year-over-year.
Today’s prices are 26.5 cents per litre, or 64% higher than they were two years ago
at about the same time.

Since diesel fuel is the second largest component of a trucking company’s operating
cost – and the largest component for the one-man/one-truck independent operator –
the impact on the industry is enormous.
DowJones Newswires