U.S. Trucking Costs Rise to Highest Level Since June 2022

The claim is materially supported by the validated Benjamin F. Edwards article, which explicitly states the two core figures: $2.97 per mile for all-in truck hiring costs and $2.50 per mile for dry-van rates. However, that article is secondary and attributes the information to The Kobeissi Letter rather than to a primary freight-data source. The exact wording in the user statement says the source says per-mile truck hiring costs reached $2.97, while dry-van rates climbed to $2.50 per mile; that matches the Benjamin F. Edwards page. There is a minor discrepancy in timing language: Benjamin F. Edwards says the dry-van rate is the highest since May 2022, while the user's title says highest since June 2022. Because I could not validate the original X post or a primary underlying dataset in this run, confidence remains medium rather than high.