Playbook: Fuel Game Plan

The benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges rose for a 4th straight week.

The benchmark diesel price rose though futures markets have reversed for now.

The benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges rose by the second-largest amount since the war’s start.

It isn’t just what is going on in the Middle East that it starting to propel diesel prices higher.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges fell for the 12th time 13 weeks.

A reefer unit burns its own diesel. Anyone who runs refrigerated freight knows this, because they are paying for two fuel burns on every load: the diesel that moves the truck down the road, and the separate diesel that runs the refrigeration unit on the trailer keeping the freight cold. Both come out of the […]

Excerpt: The benchmark used for most fuel surcharges is below $5 for the first time since early March.

The benchmark diesel price fell more than 15 cts/g as the market ponders what happens post peace deal.

The benchmark used for most fuel surcharges fell for the fifth straight week.

The Gap Is Bigger Than You Think Picture two owner-operators, both running a regular Midwest corridor. Same general freight, similar weights, comparable miles per week. One of them is averaging somewhere around 7.5 to 7.8 miles per gallon. The other is pulling 6.1 to 6.3. On a week where each truck burns 400 gallons of […]

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges has fallen to its lowest level in several months.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges fell for the sixth time in seven weeks.

The benchmark price of diesel used fo most fuel surcharges declined this week.

The benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges edged up slightly. 

The benchmark diesel price used for most surcharges has regained three weeks of declines.

The benchmark price of retail diesel fell for the third straight week.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges fell the most it has declined since 2022.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges fell for the first time after 12 weeks of increases.

The war with Iran moved diesel up nearly 50 percent in five weeks and analysts are modeling $6 and higher if the Strait of Hormuz stays disrupted into summer. Carriers are repricing surcharges, shippers are absorbing new fees and everyone is looking for relief. The biggest lever most fleets have on their fuel budget is not an aerodynamics package or a new engine spec. It is the driver.

The benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges rose for the 12th straight week.