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Diesel Up 10 Cents, Spot Rates Up 2: Margin Squeeze
· Source: FreightWaves
Diesel is up 10 cents in a week while truckload spot rates only gained 2 cents — and that margin squeeze is the real freight market story.
In this update, we break down stable tender rejections around 14%, elevated but flattening spot rates, rising contract rates, tight capacity, intermodal share gains and why weak housing and automotive demand are still capping the upside.
If you run trucks, buy capacity or watch rates, this is the takeaway fast.
Diesel prices jumped $0.10 per gallon in a single week to just under $6.57 as of Monday, Sept.
Read the full story at FreightWaves.
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