The cost of trucking in 2021 increased to its highest level in the 15-year history of the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual Operational Costs of Trucking research – almost $1.86 per mile.
Though fuel saw the single largest jump in expense (a 35.4% increase to 41.7 cents per mile), nearly every other line-item cost center also grew or remained constant. Even when fuel costs are removed, the marginal costs of trucking increased by 10 cents between 2020 and 2021, from $1.338 to $1.438.
Joining Jason and Matt this week on CCJ's 10-44 is ATRI’s Alex Leslie, who goes into more details about how trucking’s costs changed last year.
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00:00 How did trucking’s operational costs change from 2020 to 2021?
00:55 ATRI’s annual Operational Costs of Trucking survey
