Shipping and Logistics

March 12, 2022
ATA: Energy Crisis Threatens to Compound Supply-Chain Woes, Inflation
Written by Tim Triplett
In a letter to the White House on Thursday, the American Trucking Associations called on the Biden administration to boost domestic energy production and take other steps to provide relief at the pump for truckers and other motorists. Fuel is the second largest operating expense for trucking fleets, and surging diesel prices threaten to decimate trucking capacity at a time when the supply chain is already under extreme stress, the trade association said.
“We cannot let an energy crisis compound the supply-chain crisis, and we have the power and resources to prevent that from happening,” said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear.


