Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises 5.4% This Year
For the first 42 weeks, U.S. intermodal volume has increased 5.4% from the same period last year, to 10.9 million units, the Association of American Railroads reported.
Year to date, intermodal volume for all of North America increased 5.6% to 13.75 million trailers and containers.
Rail intermodal traffic increased 3% in the week ended Oct. 18 compared with the same week last year, AAR reported.
Railroads moved 272,554 intermodal trailers and containers, AAR said Oct. 23 in its weekly report.
Rail carload volume, which excludes intermodal units, increased 2.7% year-over-year to 297,130 carloads.
Five of the 10 commodity groups AAR tracks increased over last year, led by petroleum and petroleum products at 17.4%.
