Trucking Cost Per Mile Trends Down 6%

The average marginal cost per truck mile in 2015 was $1.59, a six percent decrease from the $1.70 in 2014, attributable mostly to the steady fall in fuel prices experienced throughout 2015.

Using financial data provided directly by motor carriers throughout the country, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), which issued the report, noted that for the first time since ATRI started collecting the industry’s operational costs data, driver costs now represent a higher percentage of overall costs than does fuel.

“ATRI’s ‘ops cost’ research is an excellent barometer of the state of the nation’s economy, as it documented the softening in 2015 but also indicates that costs will be on the rise in 2016,” said Bob Costello, Chief Economist for the American Trucking Associations and a member of the ATRI Research Advisory Committee.

The report is available at: www.atri-online.org .

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