fuel surcharge
Gas price addition
A fuel surcharge is an extra fee added to transportation or shipping costs to offset fluctuating fuel prices.
Airlines, trucking companies, and delivery services commonly add fuel surcharges when oil prices rise: The freight bill included a 15% fuel surcharge.
The charge allows companies to adjust pricing without constantly changing base rates.
- trucking industryCommercial road freight sector
- long haulProlonged difficult undertaking
- carbon taxLevy on fuel combustion
- freight shippingTransport of commercial goods
- shipping costsFees for delivery
gas prices · drayage · fare · price volatility · hidden fees · inflation adjustment · cost recovery · supply chain · freight charges · rail transport · jet · freight costs · courier services · road tax · handling fees · carbon footprint · pump · delivery services
- flightsdeparture, arrival, nonstop flight, boarding, connecting flight
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, big rig
- extra feesservice fee, service fees, delivery fee, processing fees, handling fee
- fuel costsgas price, premium gas, regular gas, unleaded, pump price
- aviation costsairfare, landing fees, baggage fees, maintenance costs, operating costs
- shipping costsfreight rates, postage, shipping rates, stamps, shipping costs
ADDITIONAL vs. BASE PRICING
fuel surchargebase fare
Minimum transport charge
base rate · standard rate · base price · list price · standard fare