# Trucking Industry Hits Road Bump With Rising Diesel Prices - WSJ

> Rising diesel prices are putting new pressure on trucking companies already struggling with a weak freight market. Diesel makes up 30% to 40% of an average fleet's spending, according to the American Transportation Research Institute.

- Date: 2016-12-12 · published 2016-12-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73647-trucking-industry-hits-road-bump-with-rising-diesel-prices-wsj
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher diesel raises trucking costs for moving feed ingredients and grain, which can widen basis and delivered feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2026-03-24 | [Diesel prices surge even higher due to Iran war, surpassing $5.38 \| Trucking Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20341-diesel-prices-surge-even-higher-due-to-iran-war-surpassing-5-38-trucking-dive.md) | +7.5% | -8.1% |
| DIESEL | 2026-04-29 | [Surge in Diesel Prices Tightens U.S. Trucking Capacity \| SupplyChainBrain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19894-surge-in-diesel-prices-tightens-u-s-trucking-capacity-supplychainbrain.md) | +1.7% | -9.2% |
| DIESEL | 2026-04-14 | [Diesel prices drop by 3.5 cents but could remain sticky, experts say \| Trucking Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10140-diesel-prices-drop-by-3-5-cents-but-could-remain-sticky-experts-say-trucking.md) | -7.0% | +4.5% |
| DIESEL | 2026-04-28 | [Diesel prices ease in US, but West Coast fleets hammered by spike - Truck News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19892-diesel-prices-ease-in-us-but-west-coast-fleets-hammered-by-spike-truck-news.md) | +2.2% | -6.2% |
| DIESEL | 2026-10-07 | [Truckers thought the worst was over. Then diesel prices doubled \| CNN Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/640-truckers-thought-the-worst-was-over-then-diesel-prices-doubled-cnn-business.md) | +8.2% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- wsj.com: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trucking-industry-hits-road-bump-with-rising-diesel-prices-1481573095

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