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Fuel surcharge billing per trailer-mile

Allocate a trailerload’s modeled fuel surcharge billing across the miles it travels and compare it with diesel per mile. These are different economic measures, shown side by side for scale.

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Results

Fuel surcharge billing per mile$17.63
Tractor diesel per mile$0.977
Total package billing per mile$78.43
Fuel surcharge billing per mile
$17.63
Diesel per mile
$0.977
  • Billing per mile spreads package charges over one trip; packages also travel other legs that this does not count.
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How this is calculated

Billing per mile = billing ÷ miles. Diesel per mile = price ÷ MPG.

Rates shown as defaults come from carrier publications or each carrier’s published table applied to the EIA price; see the methodology. Estimates and examples are labeled. Results are illustrative and do not represent any carrier’s reported financial results.

Questions

What is diesel cost per mile for a semi?

At $6.35 diesel and 6.5 MPG, about $0.98 per mile.

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