Service Cost Calculator trial
Find out what servicing your truck really costs per service, per year and per kilometre or mile. Enter how far the truck travels, your service interval and the workshop labour rate, then check the parts and fluids used at each service: engine oil, oil, fuel and air filters, grease and gear oil. Default prices are […]
Fuel Cost Recovery & Fuel Levies | Freight Metrics
Fuel Cost Recovery: Protecting Transport Margins When Diesel Moves Sep 28, 2026 Summary In 2026 diesel prices jumped within weeks. Operators with a fuel levy in their contracts could recover the cost as it happened; operators on fixed rates had to absorb it until they could renegotiate. The shock. Five-city average diesel rose from 176.6 […]
Owner-Driver or Employee Driver? The Full Cost Compared
Owner-Driver or Employee Driver? The Full Cost Compared Sep 28, 2026 Summary The award rate is not the true cost of a driver. Once super, leave, workers compensation and long service leave are counted, a full-time semi-trailer driver in NSW costs about $72,088 a year, or $42.73 for every hour actually worked, against an award […]
The Ageing Truck Fleet: When Does an Old Truck Cost More Than a New One?
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. The Ageing Truck Fleet: When Does an Old Truck Cost More Than a New One? Sep 28, 2026 Summary Australia’s heavy trucks are much older than those in the large US fleets surveyed by ATRI, and repair […]
Small Operators, Big Pressures: Which Australian Road Freight Businesses Survive, and Why
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Small Operators, Big Pressures: Which Australian Road Freight Businesses Survive, and Why Sep 27, 2026 Summary Australia’s road freight industry is growing, but it is becoming an industry of one-person businesses, and those are the businesses most […]
Inflation, Jet Fuel and Airfares: What 50 Years Tells Aircraft Operators
Inflation, Jet Fuel and Airfares: What 50 Years Tells Aircraft Operators 26 Sept 2026 Fifty years of inflation versus air fares General prices have risen several-fold since 1975, yet air fares have fallen sharply in real terms. That makes aviation a case study in cost pressure absorbed by productivity, until a shock like 2026 […]
Understanding the True Cost of Flying: The FreightMetrics Aircraft Operating Cost Calculator
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Understanding the True Cost of Flying: The FreightMetrics Aircraft Operating Cost Calculator Sep 26, 2026 Executive summary Australia has 16,636 aircraft on its civil register, more than half of them over 37 years old, and recent airline […]
Fifty Years of Inflation and the Cost of Moving Freight
US consumer prices are about six times higher than in 1975, yet Australian real road freight rates fell by about 43% between 1974–75 and 2007–08 as bigger trucks carried more per kilometre. That cushion is now thin. Australian diesel jumped from 176.6 to 322.4 cents a litre in six weeks in 2026, and US trucking costs hit a record US$2.336 per mile. Here’s what that means for your costing and rate negotiations.
Understanding the True Cost of Running a Truck: The Freight Metrics Truck Operating Cost Calculator
Australia’s registered truck fleet has grown by about 52% since 2011, yet many operators still quote without knowing what each kilometre really costs them. This article explains how the FreightMetrics Truck Operating Cost Calculator turns your own fuel, finance, labour and maintenance figures into cost per kilometre, tonne, day and hour, and what to check before relying on the results.
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Do you know your true cost per kilometre? Learn how the FreightMetrics Truck Operating Cost Calculator turns your own figures into cost per km, tonne, day and hour before you quote.
Helicopter Operating Cost Calculator Trial
Helicopter Operating Cost Calculator Trial Use the Freight Metrics Helicopter Operating Cost Calculator to estimate the cost of owning and operating a helicopter. Enter your own aircraft, fuel, maintenance, crew, finance and operating information to calculate estimated hourly, monthly and annual operating costs.