MAINE PUBLIC • March 30, 2026
As the war with Iran continues to roil global energy markets, Maine's logging and trucking industries are among those feeling the squeeze from rising fuel prices. The price of diesel in Maine has jumped by more than 30% in the last month. Dana Doran, executive director of the trade group Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast, said loggers are also having to absorb that extra cost as they wrap up the winter harvest. "Contractors are taking it on the chin right now," Doran said. "Hopefully, when we get to May and June, if this continues, I think that the mills are going to have no choice but to try to offset some of this diesel cost and increase the price they're paying for wood."