For the week of July 21, 2025, domestic intermodal spot rate index:
Year-over-year numbers held steady this week, driven by tariff-related pull-forwards. We expect this trend to continue for the next 3 to 5 weeks, as shippers build inventory ahead of the tariffs. What happens beyond that point remains uncertain.
National Truckload Spot Rate (as reported by the DAT Trendline Report):
Domestic 53' Intermodal Spot Rate:
The intermodal national spot rate increase is primarily being driven from outbound SoCal freight.
For a full review of the 2025 US Intermodal Savings Against Truckload we point you to a tremendous piece of research the Journal of Commerce publishes quarterly.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported an average diesel fuel price of $3.812 per gallon this week, which is up $0.054 or 1.4% from the prior week.
The diesel price per gallon is up $0.033 or 0.9% 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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