{
  "id": 7856671,
  "title": "Trucking Market: Volumes UP, Diesel Soaring. Is Peak Here?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/trucking-market-volumes-up-diesel-soaring-is-peak-here",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-16T19:31:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "FreightWaves",
    "slug": "freightwaves",
    "url": "https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-market-volumes-up-diesel-soaring-is-peak-here"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. diesel prices surged to $6.26 per gallon at the beginning of September, a 33-cent increase from the previous week, according to FreightWaves' Diesel Transaction Spot (DTS) index. This represents a 15% rise above last month's price of $5.45 and a 68% increase from the same period last year, when diesel was $3.72 per gallon. Despite spot rates not keeping pace with the fuel cost surge, the Sonar National Truckload Index (NTI) seven-day average remains 3% above last month and 47% above last year's level. Freight volumes are showing a fragile but shifting market as peak season approaches, with August Cass Freight Index shipments rising 2.1% year-over-year, marking the first positive reading after 42 consecutive months of declines. Tender rejections are currently at 14%, compared to 5.5% at this time last year, indicating carriers still have significant leverage to decline loads. The market is described as a \"fragile market\" with peak season expected to be more seasonally normal than the recent outsized peaks, with rate gains potentially limited by consumer spending rather than truck availability.",
  "summary": "The freight market is showing its first signs of year-over-year growth in 42 months. Dive into this week’s Sonar update as we break down rising diesel prices, the latest spot rates, and how shipping volumes are signaling a fragile but shifting market as peak season approaches. Understand the key numbers impacting your operations and what […] The post Trucking Market: Volumes UP, Diesel Soaring.…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}