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Fuel Surcharge

We’re all at the mercy of volatile fuel prices and it’s rarely a fun ride. Being in the transportation industry, we’re affected by this reality as well.

We tackle this fuel cost variability challenge with a fuel surcharge – an amount added to the freight invoice, above the starting point of the freight base rate. Please see the table below for more details.

If you are a CN eBusiness user you can get your rail miles and route by clicking here.

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CN 7403

Mileage-based fuel surcharge - Carload traffic

The fuel surcharge is mileage-based and calculated monthly, based on the Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel (OHD), starting from a base rate of $2.30. US. CN 7403 varies based on the two following types of commodities moved:

Bulk commodities (PDF) (coal, fertilizer, and grain) – surcharge varies by $0.00575 for each $0.025 change in the price of OHD.
All other carload commodities – surcharge varies by $0.0060 for each $0.025 change in the price of OHD.

CN 7403 Fuel Surcharge ($ per mile) in Canadian Currency
Effective Month	Average OHD Price	Intra-Canada		U.S.
Effective Month	Average OHD Price	Bulk	Carload	Carload (incl. Bulk)
December 2024	$3.585	$0.4113	$0.4292	$0.4642
November 2024	$3.558	$0.3973	$0.4145	$0.4484
October 2024	$3.700	$0.4475	$0.4669	$0.5051

CN 7403 Fuel Surcharge ($ per mile) in U.S. Currency
Effective Month	Average OHD Price	Intra-Canada		U.S.
Effective Month	Average OHD Price	Bulk	Carload	Carload (incl. Bulk)
December 2024	$3.585	$0.2990	$0.3120	$0.3375
November 2024	$3.558	$0.2933	$0.3060	$0.3310
October 2024	$3.700	$0.3278	$0.3420	$0.3700

For more details, consult the CN 7403 tariff.

Register for eBusiness and use the Get Rail Miles and Routes tool to calculate your CN 7403 fuel surcharge.

CN 7404

Percent-based fuel surcharge - Intermodal

CN 7404 is published weekly and is based on the average price of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) On-Highway Diesel Fuel (OHD). When the OHD price rises above $1.25 per gallon, the fuel surcharge will be calculated starting from a base of 2.0%, rising 0.23% for every 3 cent increase in the diesel price.

CN 7404 Fuel Surcharge (% based)
Effective Week	Avg. Weekly On-Highway Diesel Fuel (OHD) Price	Intra-Canada	U.S.	Basis Week (Ending)
November 25, 2024	$3.491	19.02%	24.10%	November 18, 2024
November 18, 2024	$3.521	19.25%	24.10%	November 11, 2024
November 11, 2024	$3.536	19.48%	24.50%	November 4, 2024

For more details, consult the CN 7404 tariff.

CN 7405

Percent-based fuel surcharge - Intermodal

The fuel surcharge is calculated monthly based on the average On-Highway Diesel Fuel (OHD) of two months prior (e.g. February surcharge is based upon December’s average OHD price). When the monthly average OHD price exceeds $1.25 US per gallon, the fuel surcharge is applied and will be calculated starting from a base of 2.0% of the linehaul freight charge(s). The fuel surcharge will increase/decrease by an incremental 0.23% for each $0.03 change in OHD.

CN 7405 Fuel Surcharge (% based)
Effective Month	Intra-Canada Monthly rate	US Monthly rate	Basis Month	Avg. OHD Price
December 2024	19.71%	24.90%	October 2024	$3.585
November 2024	19.48%	24.50%	September 2024	$3.558
October 2024	20.63%	26.10%	August 2024	$3.700

For more details, consult the CN 7405 tariff.