Ninety-three percent of companies canvassed said the fuel surcharge (FSC) is the most common accessorial published by shippers, with the vast majority utilizing a cents-per-mile-based schedule versus a percentage-based fuel method.
Today's shippers are done talking about collaborative freight solutions and are ready to allocate resources to design and implement programs that can scale, says Ben Cubitt, senior vice president for consulting and engineering of Transplace. He describes the role that 3PLs can play in such projects.