For fleets, carriers, shippers and procurement

Fuel data and tools for business

The benchmarks freight and fuel contracts are written on, updated every week: EIA on-highway diesel, regional diesel, jet fuel for air freight, and the wholesale and crude prices that lead them.

EIA U.S. diesel$6.127▼ 16.5¢ survey Nov 9

Example truckload surcharge$0.750per mile at a $1.25 peg, 6.5 mpg

Each 10¢ in diesel$0.015per mile at 6.5 mpg

Jet fuel, Gulf Coast$4.090air-freight surcharge benchmark

Calculators

Trucking fuel surcharge

Per-mile surcharge from peg, mpg and EIA diesel

Fuel surcharge audit

What a low contract mpg costs you a year

Fleet fuel budget

Annual spend and price scenarios

Cost per mile

Fuel cost per mile and per 1,000 miles

Guides for shippers and fleets

How shippers negotiate fuel surcharges Parcel fuel surcharges explained How trucking fuel surcharges work Fixed, capped or index fuel pricing: how to choose 12 ways fleets cut fuel costs How to read EIA’s weekly fuel price data The diesel crack spread: an early signal for pump prices

Data for your systems

Free JSON with every price on this site, refreshed every six hours: /api/prices.json. Weekly RSS: /weekly/feed.xml. Diesel by region: /diesel. A price box for your intranet or website: free widget.

Sister sites for parcel shippers: Parcel Fuel Surcharge (UPS, FedEx and other parcel fuel surcharges); Parcel Fuel Optimizer (what fuel costs per $100 shipped, and how to pay less).

Fuel and freight cost help: Logistics Contract Optimizer (advertiser): sales@contractoptimizer.com