RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COSTS AND RATES IN THE LESS-THAN-TRUCKLOAD MARKET

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the costs and rates in the Ontario less-than-truckload (LTL) segment of the for-hire trucking industry, in order to determine whether LTL rates are based on cost factors, market forces or other factors. To complete this analysis, LTL rates are compared to carrier costs for various weights, for various distances, and for various origins and destinations. The paper is organized into four main sections: 1) LTL Carrier Costing; 2) Implications of Costing Model; 3) LTL Rate Structure; and 4) LTL Cost/Rate Comparison.

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• Authors:
  • Raney, B
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 160-169
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Costs; Less than truckload traffic; Mathematical models; Rates; Trucking
• Geographic Terms: Ontario (Province)
• Old TRIS Terms: Rate structure
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490024
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1989 12:00AM