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MOTOR CARRIER COSTS


Vehicle-based Fuel Costs


Truck/Trailer Lease or Purchase Payments Repair & Maintenance


Truck Insurance Premiums Permits and Licenses Tires Tolls


Driver-based Driver Wages Driver Benefits


TOTAL


projects that the industry could face a delta of almost 240,000 drivers between driver supply and demand by the year 2022 if the trend does not reverse. In ATRI’s annual survey of the top industry issues, the driver shortage ranked second in 2014, and looking just at motor carrier respondents, it ranked first. As motor carriers seek to retain their most qualified


2008


$0.633 $0.213 $0.103 $0.055 $0.016 $0.030 $0.024


$0.435 $0.144


$1.653


2009


$0.405 $0.257 $0.123 $0.054 $0.029 $0.029 $0.024


$0.403 $0.128


$1.451


2010


$0.486 $0.184 $0.124 $0.059 $0.040 $0.035 $0.012


$0.446 $0.162


$1.548


drivers and recruit new entrants, it is expected that this line item will continue to increase in future years. On the vehicle-based side of total marginal


cost, 2013 experienced a relatively stable diesel fuel price when compared to 2012 (average of $3.95 and $3.97, respectively) resulting in an essentially unchanged fuel cost per mile.


2011


$0.590 $0.189 $0.152 $0.067 $0.038 $0.042 $0.017


$0.460 $0.151


$1.706


2012


$0.641 $0.174 $0.138 $0.063 $0.022 $0.044 $0.019


$0.417 $0.116


$1.633


2013


$0.645 $0.163 $0.148 $0.064 $0.026 $0.041 $0.019


$0.440 $0.129


$1.676 Another area where fleets experienced


increased costs in 2013 was for vehicle repair and maintenance, up to an average of 14.8 cents per mile in 2013 from 13.8 cents per mile in 2012. Tis increase is attributed to an increase in overall average fleet age, up from 7.3 years in 2012 to 7.8 years in 2013. In addition to average costs per mile, Continues


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