Intermodal Spot Rate Pricing Trendline Analysis

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

For the week of April 8, 2025, domestic intermodal spot rate index:

• Flat to prior week.
• Down 12.4% from prior year.

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

North American Intermodal: 5.9%

United States: 8.7%

Railroad

• BNSF: 9.7%
• CN: -1.4%
• CPKC: 7.1%
• CSX: 3.6%
• GMXT: -5.2%
• NS: 4.7%
• UP: 16.6%

Comparison of Truckload to Intermodal Spot Rate

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

• Up 0.5% from prior week.
• Up 0.5% to prior year.

Domestic 53' Intermodal Spot Rate:

• Flat to prior week.
• Down 12.4% 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 $3.639 per gallon this week, which is up $0.047 or 1.3% from the prior week.

The diesel price per gallon is down $0.422 or 10.4% 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. 

Intermodal Spot Rate Trend Graphs

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