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The price of oil might be going up, but that doesn't necessarily mean the hauliers carrying it can expect higher rates in 2008. Roger • Wrapson, secretary of the Road Haulage Association's tanker group expects fuel distribution will continue to provide steady business for • those that specialise in it but warns that the big oil companies will • continue to squeeze rates to maximise margins for shareholders, • • In some ways independent hauliers dealing with the oil giants • find themselves in the same position as hauliers working for the big • • supermarkets—there is a lot of business to be had, but the customer • is powerful enough to demand rates that leave hauliers with hairline • • profit margins.