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Intermodal Spot Rate Pricing Trendline Analysis

February 12, 2025 Rick LaGore

Intermodal Spot Rate Index

Weekly discussion and analysis: Trends in the intermodal spot rate market

Intermodal Spot Rate Per Mile (including Fuel)-Jan-22-2025-06-21-30-4935-PM

For the week of February 11, 2025, domestic intermodal spot rate index:

  • Up 0.1% from prior week.
  • Down 11.1% from prior year.

Intermodal Spot Rate per Mile (excluding fuel)-Jan-22-2025-06-21-30-5153-PM

Year-to-Date Intermodal Volume by Region and Railroad vs. 2024

North American Intermodal: 8.3%

United States: 9.7%

Railroad

  • BNSF: 13.0%
  • CN: 4.1%
  • CPKC: 11.4%
  • CSX: 2.5%
  • GMXT: 7.3%
  • NS: 3.1%
  • UP: 20.9%

Comparison of Truckload to Intermodal Spot Rate

National Truckload Spot Rate (as reported by the DAT Trendline Report):

  • Down 2.4% from prior week.
  • Flat to prior year.

Domestic 53' Intermodal Spot Rate:

  • Up 0.1% from prior week.
  • Down 11.1% from prior year.

For a full review of the 2024 US Intermodal Savings Against Truckload we point you to a tremendous piece of research the Journal of Commerce publishes quarterly.

Diesel Fuel Update

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported an average diesel fuel price of $3.650 per gallon this week, which is down $0.010 or 0.27% from the prior week.

The diesel price per gallon is down $0.459 or 11.2% from the same period last year.

The full spreadsheet of the historical weekly price moves of diesel full can be found at https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel


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Intermodal Spot Rate Trend Graphs

Average Intermodal Spot Rate per Mile-Jan-22-2025-06-21-30-5653-PM 

Average Year-over-Year % Change to Intermodal Spot Rate-Jan-22-2025-06-21-30-4934-PM

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