Industry Standard Rates

Your question needs more info like from where? to where?

30% or higher fuel surcharge, depending on the current price of fuel.

If you have liquid tank loads i can help more.

 

Biggest thing you need to determine is the distance travelled and time it will take a carrier to do an average load. Every company will know what they need to run a truck for a day. On my main run I can do two trips a day. The first trip will cover variable costs for the trip (fuel, repairs, wages) as well as the fixed costs for the day (truck/trailer payment, insurance, licenses etc). The second trip will pay me a profit.

If you have long wait times or frequent break downs then expect to pay wait time unless you are a big player and can bully the companies around (which happens to me at one location).

As for fuel surcharge it is dependant. You can set the rate higher and give less of a fuel surcharge or a lower rate with a higher surcharge. All a company will look for is that it is a fair surchage that will cover the fuel costs as they fluctuate.

 

Sorry I can't help you there. I work up in Canada hauling cement and flyash.

 

A nation wide average price will not work in all regions. You must know all lanes and rates. What are you trying to accomplish here?
If you want it to be easy and simple i would suggest leaving dry bulk freight to those who are willing to put in the effort.

 

The tank industries are pretty hush hush. Good luck

 

I don't want to come off as insulting or anything, but this reads as if you are coming into a shipping department and trying to cut operating costs. Perhaps you're paying a certain rate and not getting the carriers cooperation on scheduling or customer service. Apologies if I'm mistaken, that's just how it reads to me.

There isn't a lot of industry standard in this industry at all when it comes to rates. People tend to play that very close to the vest for any number of reasons. So, as a shipper, your best bet aside from just dealing with a brokerage, is to actually do the legwork and aggregate your own rate data. Keep in mind that you get what you pay for here.