Playbook: Fuel Game Plan

Diesel futures prices are near a post-war high.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges hit a significant milestone this week.

You have probably noticed something strange lately. The news keeps saying oil prices are calm, even falling, with crude sitting below $100 a barrel. And yet your diesel fuel bill keeps climbing. That disconnect is not your imagination, and there is a single number that explains it. It is called the diesel crack spread, and […]

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.