One-time fees for special services high on carriers’ negotiating list, TCP says
More than two-thirds of truckload carriers plan more use of accessorial charges, adding income from shipping fees to higher rates, Transport Capital Partners said.
The consulting firm said 68% of the carriers it surveyed in the third quarter plan to renegotiate accessorial fees across more categories with shippers. Those accessorial fees include detention charges, mentioned by 42% of carriers, and fuel surcharges, which 39% of the carriers hoped to renegotiate.
And the percentage of carriers that expect to renegotiate their contracts to change the mileage standard they use to bill shippers tripled, rising to nearly 20%.
Those carriers hope to move from shortest-route mileages favored by shippers to a practical mileage standard that more accurately reflects distances traveled. Read more here.
