# Truckers Asleep at the Wheel as Diesel Price Shock Creeps Closer - Energy News, Top Headlines, Commentaries, Features & Events - EnergyNow.com

> Bloomberg reports that trucking fuel costs have risen sharply, and that IEA expects new IMO sulfur rules in about 16 months to lift diesel prices 20% to 30%. The article cites a Pennsylvania trucker whose diesel costs rose from $166 to $265 per route over two years.

- Date: 2018-08-15 · published 2018-08-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63728-truckers-asleep-at-the-wheel-as-diesel-price-shock-creeps-closer-energy-news
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Expected diesel increases from IMO compliance would raise trucking and freight costs for feed and grain distribution, squeezing transport margins.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2019-08-09 | [New diesel regs for maritime shippers could impact U.S. truck freight, diesel prices \| Commercial Carrier Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57781-new-diesel-regs-for-maritime-shippers-could-impact-u-s-truck-freight-diesel.md) | +1.4% | +6.7% |
| DIESEL | 2019-09-05 | [Energy Experts Fear Price of Diesel to Spike Because of New Shipping Fuel Mandate - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57270-energy-experts-fear-price-of-diesel-to-spike-because-of-new-shipping-fuel.md) | +1.2% | -0.5% |
| DIESEL | 2018-09-02 | [Why Diesel Prices Are Set To Soar \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63225-why-diesel-prices-are-set-to-soar-oilprice-com.md) | -0.9% | +7.6% |
| DIESEL | 2018-10-29 | [Airlines, trucking industry face sharp rise in fuel prices \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62737-airlines-trucking-industry-face-sharp-rise-in-fuel-prices-cbc-news.md) | -5.8% | -17.8% |
| DIESEL | 2021-04-21 | [Renewable fuel requirements threaten to play bigger role in diesel price - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47457-renewable-fuel-requirements-threaten-to-play-bigger-role-in-diesel-price.md) | +1.6% | +9.6% |

## Sources

- energynow.com: https://energynow.com/2018/08/truckers-asleep-at-the-wheel-as-diesel-price-shock-creeps-closer/

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