Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises to Second-Highest Level This Year
AARU.S. rail intermodal traffic rose to the second-highest level this year for the week ended June 6, the Association of American Railroads reported.
Intermodal traffic increased 4.3% from the same week last year to 281,315 intermodal trailers and containers, AAR announced June 10 in its weekly report.
The only week with higher intermodal traffic was May 2, when rail moved 282,696 units. The rise follows a 2.1% increase the prior week.
Rail carload volume, which excludes intermodal units, dropped 8.1% year-over-year to 268,722 carloads. The last carload increase was the week of April 18, when volume rose 1.2%.
Four of the 10 commodity groups tracked by AAR posted an increase in traffic for the week led by miscellaneous products at 8%.
Intermodal volume for 13 reporting North American railroads increased 4.3% to 355,553 trailers and containers. North American carload volume, excluding intermodal, declined 8% to 359,988.
Canadian railroads moved 63,268 intermodal units, a 5.9% rise. Mexican rail moved 16,548 units, a 1.3% decline from the same time last year.
Year to date, U.S. intermodal volume increased 2.1% to 5.8 million units.
For the first 22 weeks of the year, carloads declined 3.2% to 6.1 million from the same time last year, according to AAR.
