(Source: Freight Waves, July 16, 2020)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Class I railroads’ discussions about setting local and interline rates can be included as evidence in dozens of shippers’ lawsuits over price fixing in the 2000s, various federal agencies have concluded. The lawsuits allege that between 2003 and 2008, the railroads applied fuel surcharges on rail rates that weren’t related to fuel. The shippers argue that the purpose of the fuel surcharges and the fuel cost recovery program was to garner additional revenue.
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