FedEx Freight to Raise Truck Pricing 6.9 Percent

OntarioVanMan · Jun 11, 2012

for the second year in a row...over a 6% tariff increase ....has anyone seen their rates go up by 12% in the last 2 years?

FedEx Freight to Raise Truck Pricing 6.9 Percent | Journal of Commerce

Moot · Jun 11, 2012

I haven't seen a 12% rate increase in the past two years. I haven't seen any rate increase in that past two years. I don't work for FedEx Freight nor am I an employee of any LTL carrier. The third paragraph in your linked article pretty much excludes me from getting a raise:

LTL and truckload carriers at recent shipping events said higher operating costs, especially for labor and equipment, make higher rates and cost-cutting necessary.

OntarioVanMan · Jun 11, 2012

Moot said:
I haven't seen a 12% rate increase in the past two years. I haven't seen any rate increase in that past two years. I don't work for FedEx Freight nor am I an employee of any LTL carrier. The third paragraph in your linked article pretty much excludes me from getting a raise:

LTL and truckload carriers at recent shipping events said higher operating costs, especially for labor and equipment, make higher rates and cost-cutting necessary.

Well maybe we need a shortage of equipment and drivers too....
the old supply and demand....

Moot · Jun 11, 2012

I agree, but don't see it happening anytime soon. Until the economy picks up and stays steady there won't be enough "real" jobs created to get these desperate people out of cargo vans and back into office buildings and factories where they belong.

highway star · Jun 11, 2012

OntarioVanMan said:
Well maybe we need a shortage of equipment and drivers too....
the old supply and demand....

Ban the van!!

(Ha, ha, beat you to it!!)

Edit: Oh well, guess I kind of didn't.

pearlpro · Jun 13, 2012

Ban the Cubicle and the Office !!!! Id rather be in the wind then sitting staring at a computer screen, wait...Im starin at a computer screen now,,,,,Ive never had an office job, wouldnt know what to do with my time, Offices are wherever the laptop gets setup....and I can steal some WIFI...

zorry · Jun 13, 2012

Here's the plan. Fedex will get LTL rates to where straights can pick-up 2 pallet+ plus LTL shipments and run them dock to dock beating all other LTL by a day or more.
Once we've killed the LTL market our 4000 truck fleet WILL have trucks literally everwhere and we'll takeover the expeditor industry.
Most of you will enjoy working for Fedex in the future. Projected fleet d/h of .08%
Green,you've got my number.

OntarioVanMan · Jun 13, 2012

zorry said:
Here's the plan. Fedex will get LTL rates to where straights can pick-up 2 pallet+ plus LTL shipments and run them dock to dock beating all other LTL by a day or more.
Once we've killed the LTL market our 4000 truck fleet WILL have trucks literally everwhere and we'll takeover the expeditor industry.
Most of you will enjoy working for Fedex in the future. Projected fleet d/h of .08%
Green,you've got my number.

By the time all that if it ever comes to fruition....most of us will be long gone...

zorry · Jun 13, 2012

If I picked up 3 LTL shipments today in KC that I del in Chgo tomorrow the rate would be so good that everyone will want to be here. 4250 trucks in 3 years because we'll keep moving. Good old days income too.
Just sit back and watch.