In calculating the road toll recharge DB Schenker follows this principle: the road toll is neither a competitive instrument nor a secret way of increasing profits.
DB Schenker does not wish to make money out of road tolls and does not intend to increase transportation prices already agreed in connection with the introduction of road tolls - not even secretly! It is only a matter of passing on 1:1 the road tolls levied by the State and the secondary costs incurred as a result. We don't want any more than that - but we don't want any less either. The tables as in the attachment developed by the leading industrial and technical associations and based on official, comprehensive calculations are used by DB Schenker for IT-compatible calculation and charging.
Bases of the road toll calculation
The basis of the calculation is a figure from experience which defines the average capacity utilization of a bulk goods road train as 8 tons, taking into account all seasonal fluctuations over the whole year and over all transportation conditions and for any location in Germany. Calculations for part loads or loads over 3,000 kg are performed on the basis of an average capacity utilization of 12 tons.
- In regular bulk goods transportation it is not practical to calculate the road toll recharge to the nearest kilometer for each customer. The distances in the DB Schenker road toll charges table are grouped in 100-kilometer units. The calculation always assumes the median value for the distance and the weight (e.g. 101 kilometers and 200 kilometers correspond to 150 kilometers). The effect of differences is reduced by the size of the widths of the classes of the distance bands.
- Moreover, the shortest distance between the loading and unloading places is always assumed to determine the transportation charge. This is irrespective of the location of the dispatching or receiving carrier's transshipment sites.
- The risk regarding capacity utilization on the main run is borne by DB Schenker.