Fuel surcharge calculator
Work out the fuel surcharge rate per mile from a baseline fuel price, today's fuel cost per gallon and your truck's miles per gallon.
How to calculate a fuel surcharge
A fuel surcharge covers the gap between today's diesel price and the baseline fuel price built into the linehaul rate. The baseline is the price your contract or rate confirmation assumes.
- Fuel surcharge per mile = (current diesel price - baseline fuel price) / miles per gallon
- Total fuel surcharge = fuel surcharge per mile x trip miles
Example: Diesel at $3.80 a gallon, a $1.25 baseline and a truck that gets 6.5 MPG: ($3.80 - $1.25) / 6.5 = $0.39 per mile. On a 1,000-mile load the surcharge is about $392.
For the current price, the calculator shows the latest EIA diesel prices by region.