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Disputes over fuel surcharge revenue were a major point of contention between shippers and carriers of all modes and types last year during the big run up in fuel and oil prices. In its “State of the Industry” report, released this week, trucking giant Schneider National suggests new thinking about fuel surcharge programs is in order: “Volatile fuel prices have led both shippers and carriers to develop a more equitable way to calculate fuel surcharge. “Currently, fuel surcharge programs involve a particular fuel surcharge rate being applied to the miles ran in a given time period (i.e....

Disputes over fuel surcharge revenue were a major point of contention between shippers and carriers of all modes and types last year during the big run up in fuel and oil prices.

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Rethinking Fuel Surcharges

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Excess capacity in the truckload market is a chance for shippers to examine whether they or their freight brokers have the right technology tools to effectively price in the contract and spot markets. 

The Federal Maritime Commission said its enforcement agency does not have a case against the ocean carrier over a congestion surcharge complaint from a shipper.  

If shippers found the post-IMO 2020 bunker fuel formulas confusing and misaligned across ocean carriers, just wait until they see the surcharges linked to Europe’s new emissions trading system, says analyst Lars Jensen.

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