Inland Cost Monitoring – January 2019

For December 2018, the CASS Index, which is being used to monitor and evaluate U.S. Inland rates reflected an average of 144.2 for Truckload. As a result, tariff and contract motor rates will not change. The CASS Indexes can be found here.

For the same period, the Department of Energy’s retail on-highway diesel prices all types index monthly average, which is being used to determine the Intermodal Fuel Charge, was $3.123. Therefore, the Intermodal Fuel Percentage will decrease to 25% on March 1, 2019. The requirements and index history are available here.

The next review is set for February 2019 after which an appropriate adjustment will be made if necessary.