Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises 4.8% for Week
U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 4.8% in the week ended Oct. 11 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.
Railroads moved 273,436 intermodal trailers and containers, AAR said Oct. 16 in its weekly report.
Rail carload volume, which excludes intermodal units, increased 4.3% year-over-year to 298,376 carloads.
Eight of the 10 commodity groups AAR tracks increased over last year, led by petroleum and petroleum products at 19.5%.
For the first 41 weeks, intermodal volume has increased 5.5% from the same period last year, to 10.62 million units.
Year to date, intermodal volume for all of North America increased 5.7% to 13.4 million trailers and containers.
