Nine lanes assessed every morning across ocean, air and drayage, the Seven Stars assessment panel, GRI filings and contract season — with the number and one line on why it moved.
The EIA's Sept. 21 weekly read pushed the national average to $6.529 a gallon, a two-week gain of nearly 25 cents that landed hardest on Midwest lanes.
Old Dominion's Oct. 5 general rate increase lands roughly a month ahead of last year's, matching a multi-year drift across LTL carriers toward earlier, more frequent pricing action rather than a single yearly hike.
The Energy Information Administration's own weekly survey shows the record diesel price set nine days ago has already been broken by 32 cents, as a Saudi pipeline shutdown works its way through fuel markets.
The Cass Freight Index's shipments component turned positive for the first time in 42 months — and truckload linehaul rates got there first, rising for a 20th straight month.
A Q3 market report from the digital freight broker shows spot rates catching up to contract prices in July — usually a sign that a rate cycle is about to turn.
AAR's week-ending-Sept.-5 traffic report shows total U.S. rail volume up 13.8% year over year, but the growth is lopsided — intermodal is outrunning carload by a wide margin while coal keeps sliding.
