Fuel Prices Are Rattling the Supply Chain
Published at: www.commercialappeal.com
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John SchulzIndependent Analyst - Contributing EditorLogistics Management Magazine
May 22, 2006
Cheap trucking rates may have gone the way of the Edsel. A two-fold increase in diesel costs, an industry-wide shortage of 20,000 truck drivers and elimination of excess capacity are causing long-haul truckers to redouble their efforts to increase yields.
Shippers are even finding more ways to deliver "carrier friendly" freight -- that is, freight on pallets and supplying conditions by which truck drivers can get in and out of customers' docks without losing precious driving time.
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