Union Pacific Sets Domestic Intermodal Fuel Surcharge at 50% for Week of August 3

Summary

Union Pacific notified intermodal customers that its domestic weekly intermodal fuel surcharge will be 50.0% for the week of August 3-9, 2026. The surcharge is reset weekly against diesel benchmarks and feeds directly into the all-in cost comparison shippers run between rail intermodal and over-the-road truckload. A 50% level keeps rail's fuel-cost pass-through elevated at a time when diesel has firmed alongside crude on Middle East supply risk, narrowing part of intermodal's usual cost advantage on medium-length transcontinental lanes.