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post May 14 2006, 03:00 PM
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ProgressiveRailroading.com, 5/12:
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Rail shippers, Class Is discuss fuel surcharge programs’ pros and cons at STB hearing

Fuel surcharges imposed by the Class Is generate revenue that exceeds actual diesel costs, are determined by a wide range of factors that aren’t relevant to the amount of fuel consumed for a particular shipment and are unfairly assessed as a percentage of the freight rate. Those are some of the gripes voiced by rail shippers yesterday during the Surface Transportation Board’s fuel surcharge hearing in Washington, D.C. Shippers called on the board to review individual railroad’s fuel surcharge programs and establish acceptable parameters for imposing surcharges if the Class Is fail to make voluntary changes within a reasonable time.
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