# US intermodal rates up 12%, and fuel is doing most of the lifting

> U.S. transcontinental intermodal contract rates rose more than 12% year over year, while rates on shorter Eastern routes increased close to 9%. The analysis attributes most of the increases to fuel costs, and Maersk is raising its emergency fuel charge on U.S. and Canadian rail-ramp moves to $350 per dry import box from Nov. 16.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T15:09:34.704Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/89664-us-intermodal-rates-up-12-and-fuel-is-doing-most-of-the-lifting
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher diesel costs are feeding into inland freight charges, raising delivered costs for feed and agricultural commodities even without a comparable jump in underlying freight demand.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2017-10-31 | [Truckload Linehaul, Intermodal Pricing Jump at Least 4% \| Heavy Duty Trucking](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68647-truckload-linehaul-intermodal-pricing-jump-at-least-4-heavy-duty-trucking.md) | +3.2% | +3.6% |
| DIESEL | 2026-03-17 | [Rail Auctions And Fuel Costs Lift Logistics Risks -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20362-rail-auctions-and-fuel-costs-lift-logistics-risks.md) | +6.6% | -5.4% |
| DIESEL | 2017-09-14 | [Market Eye: Europe Fixes More Diesel for the US \| Energy Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69120-market-eye-europe-fixes-more-diesel-for-the-us-energy-intelligence.md) | +4.1% | +2.8% |
| DIESEL | 2023-09-12 | [US East Coast scrambles for distillates ahead of refiner maintenance \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34295-us-east-coast-scrambles-for-distillates-ahead-of-refiner-maintenance-reuters.md) | -2.4% | -12.2% |
| DIESEL | 2021-07-11 | [Fuel costs push rates higher faster in 2021 - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46244-fuel-costs-push-rates-higher-faster-in-2021-freightwaves.md) | -2.1% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- forwardernews.com: https://www.forwardernews.com/news/2026-11-08-us-intermodal-rates-up-on-fuel

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