Everyone in trucking talks about cost per mile. And yes, it matters. But if that’s the only metric you’re tracking, you’re ...

ATRI’s latest report reveals that non-fuel operating costs reached a record high in 2024, driving down trucking profitability ...

Trucking rates, like any open market, are a collection of data points that reflect what trucking companies are willing to accept loads for a given day. Generally, when people refer to trucking ...

Marginal costs ballooned 21.3% last year over 2021 to $2.251 per mile, surpassing the $2 per mile mark for the first time in the history of ATRI’s operational cost report.

After first cresting the $2 per mile mark in 2022, the overall marginal costs of operating a truck hit a new record $2.270 per mile in 2023. Cost per mile has climbed 62.4 cents since 2020.

Realistically, no trucking company could achieve an average total operating cost per total mile of $1.16, nor would they survive at $3.05 per mile.

Most operational costs in for-hire trucking continued to climb in 2024 while rates stagnated, pushing margins down, according ...

While fuel remained the second-highest line item, the average decrease of almost 8 cents per mile was a crucial source of overall cost reduction: it allowed carriers to spend more in nearly every ...

Rising costs collided with depressed freight rates, according to ATRI’s latest operational costs of trucking benchmarking ...

Reefer rates are $3.19 per mile. Flatbed rates are at $3.14 per mile. The following charts are courtesy of DAT Trendlines.

A hike in the average rate for refrigerated cargo leads increases in all three categories for spot freight, according to new figures released by the freight matching service provider DAT.

This way you attack the current bust market on two fronts by moving from high fuel costs to lower fuel cost per mile, and increase the freight rate per mile by improving the quality of the rate.