Home/American Shipper/CORRECTION: NORTHWEST TO RAISE FUEL SURCHARGE American Shipper CORRECTION: NORTHWEST TO RAISE FUEL SURCHARGE FreightWaves Staff · Wednesday, March 22, 2000 Facebook Twitter/X LinkedInCORRECTION: NORTHWEST TO RAISE FUEL SURCHARGE A March 21 NewsWire item should have said that the average spot price for jet fuel has jumped 163 percent in the past 12 months from 33 cents per gallon to 87 cents per gallon.