Heavy Duty Trucking, August 2019
HDT AUGUST 2019 44 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM I N D U S T R Y Compared to 2017 cost per mile truck trailer lease or purchase payments repair and maintenance fuel tires permits and licenses and insurance premiums all practically remained flat while driver benefits increased by 1 driver wages by 4 and tolls by 1 Note Numbers do not add up to 100 due to rounding 2018 Cost Centers per Mile REPAIR MAINTENANCE 17 10 TRUCK TRAILER LEASE OR PURCHASE PAYMENTS 26 16 TRUCK INSURANCE PREMIUMS 8 4 FUEL 34 22 PERMITS LICENSES 2 1 DRIVER BENEFITS 17 10 DRIVER WAGES 56 33 TOLLS 3 2 TIRES 4 2 SOURCE AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE 00 05 10 15 20 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 1633 1676 1703 1575 1592 1691 6529 6700 6809 6298 6366 6665 00 05 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 6529 6700 6809 6298 6366 6665 Total Average Marginal Cost per Mile Total Average Marginal Cost per Hour SOURCE AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE The 2018 update to ATRIs Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking shows that the average marginal cost per mile for fleets rose 6 in 2017 to 169 thanks largely to increased fuel and driver costs Over the nine years of ATRI research costs have only topped that mark in 2011 and 2015 at around 170
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