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With the rise in fuel over the last half-year, have rates really risen by much?

Separating out fuel surcharges from average rates over the July 2017 (when fuel prices hit a 2017 trough) to January 2018 period, spot market dry van and reefer rates are still up well more than 10 percent each, flatbed less so.

February 27, 2018

Business

Diesel tops $3 for first time in 3 years

In the most recent update for the week ending Jan. 22, prices held steady with the nation’s average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel falling three-tenths of a cent to $3.025. The last time prices topped the $3 per gallon mark was the week ending Jan. 12, 2015.

January 22, 2018

Business

Projected savings from hydrogen-powered electric drive

It wasn’t just for their novelty that announcements of the Nikola One hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric-drive truck turned more than a few owner-operators’ heads last year. It was the promise of an operating cost benefit that took diesel-price volatility out of the equation.

July 11, 2017

Business

Fuel prices see slight drop in most recent week

After two straight weeks of diesel prices rising considerably, prices leveled out somewhat during the week ending Oct. 24 with prices falling by three-tenths of a cent.

October 24, 2016

Business

Diesel prices climb to nearly $2.50 a gallon nationwide

Prices increased in all regions, with the most significant increase coming in the West Coast less California region, where prices jumped 4.4 cents.

October 17, 2016

Business

Fuel prices see another slight drop in most recent week

The cheapest fuel in the country can be found in the Gulf Coast at $2.23 per gallon, followed by the Lower Atlantic region at $2.318 per gallon.

September 26, 2016

Business

Diesel prices fall for third consecutive week

Prices decreased in all regions across the country with the most significant decrease coming in the West Coast less California region, where prices fell 2.9 cents.

September 19, 2016

Business

Fuel prices drop 6.5 cents during week

Most parts of the country saw significant decreases in diesel fuel prices this week, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report.

January 19, 2016

Business

Fuel prices drop nearly 5 cents during holiday week

Diesel prices dropped nearly 5 cents during Christmas week, falling to $2.235 per gallon nationally.

December 28, 2015

Business

Diesel starts new downward trend, falls 5.3 cents in latest week

This is the second consecutive weekly price drop — coming after five weeks of increases — and the 30th in the previous 37 weeks.

March 24, 2015

Business

‘Cheap diesel’ makes my eye twitch

“I think the FMCSA should implement a rule that says if anyone uses the argument that ‘diesel is cheap'” to justify low rates “they are rendered a swift and brutal throat punch.”

March 18, 2015

Business

Diesel price down nearly 30 cents a gallon since early July

The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel fell another 1.2 cents in the week ended Nov. 3 to $3.623, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report, as the country’s diesel price remains at a near four-year low.

November 3, 2014