Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics
Diesel Up 10 Cents, Spot Rates Up 2: Margin Squeeze
What the source reported
Source-reported<p>Diesel is up 10 cents in a week while truckload spot rates only gained 2 cents — and that margin squeeze is the real freight market story. In this update, we break down stable tender rejections around 14%, elevated but flattening spot rates, rising contract rates, tight capacity, intermodal share gains and why weak housing […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/diesel-up-10-cents-spot-rates-up-2-margin-squeeze">Diesel Up 10 Cents, Spot Rates Up 2: Margin Squeeze</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com">FreightWaves</a>.</p>
- Publication
- FreightWaves · Trade Publication
- Published
- 28th September 2026
- Original report
- freightwaves.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Supply Chain & Logistics
- Geography
- Global, US
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 28th September 2026 · 21:55
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.
Initial Significance Moderate (39.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (27.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Geographic Breadth