Fuel prices
These web pages are intended to keep members informed of the latest developments in the oil market. FTA's weekly fuel prices are supplied by John Hall Associates, a leading energy market analyst, and are a totally unbiased source of fuel price information - invaluable when negotiating road haulage contracts and prices. Below you will find a series of tools to assist you with monitoring fuel prices over the last 12 months, how these affect overall transport costs as well as FTA's latest forecast of bulk diesel prices to the end of 2008.  Operator tools
Fuel price movement over the last 12 months Fuel as a percentage of annual hgv operating costs
FTA's 'fuel fractions' table shows fuel costs as a proportion of total annual vehicle and driver cost for a range of hgv. Using information from this table and fuel price movement over the last 12 months (see operator tools), it is possible to calculate the annual change in vehicle oprating costs occurring purely as a result of the movement in fuel prices. Example A 44 tonne artic runs 70,000 miles a year, 35 per cent of its total costs are fuel. If diesel prices have risen by 18.6 per cent over the last year, the total vehicle operating costs will have risen by 6.5 per cent. 35 per cent x 18.6 per cent = 6.5 per cent Bulk diesel and gas oil price forecasts to Q4 2009
FTA regularly updates its forecast of bulk diesel and gas oil/red diesel for the year ahead which aims to provide members with an indication of how prices are likely to move over the next year. Fuelfta - helping you to manage fuel costs
If you need regular information on fuel prices, vehicle operating costs, wages, trends in road haulage rates or warehouse costs, you may benefit from subscribing to FTA's Cost Information Service Subscribe to latest fuel prices RSS feed | 
