Rising fuel costs impacting trucking companies

Mar 11, 2022 at 09:38 AM CST
ESCANABA, Mich. (WLUC) - With gas prices well above four dollars per gallon across the U.P., semi-truck companies’ wallets are a lot lighter. “You go from spending $350-$400 to fill up a semi-truck and now it costs over $1000 to fill up that same semi-truck,” said Josh Barron, a certified instructor for the Midwest Truck Driving School. At the Midwest Truck Driving School in Escanaba, tuition increased to help pay for fuel and the school says trucking companies are also raising prices. “We’ve talked to a lot of local trucking companies; we work with a lot of local trucking companies and every single one of them has had to increase their fuel surcharge,” said Barron.

Mar 11, 2022 at 09:38 AM CST

ESCANABA, Mich. (WLUC) - With gas prices well above four dollars per gallon across the U.P., semi-truck companies’ wallets are a lot lighter.

“You go from spending $350-$400 to fill up a semi-truck and now it costs over $1000 to fill up that same semi-truck,” said Josh Barron, a certified instructor for the Midwest Truck Driving School.

At the Midwest Truck Driving School in Escanaba, tuition increased to help pay for fuel and the school says trucking companies are also raising prices.

“We’ve talked to a lot of local trucking companies; we work with a lot of local trucking companies and every single one of them has had to increase their fuel surcharge,” said Barron.