Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises for Week
U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 6.7% in the week ended Oct. 25 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.
Railroads moved 278,767 intermodal trailers and containers, AAR said Oct. 30 in its weekly report.
Rail carload volume, which excludes intermodal units, increased 3.5% year-over-year to 307,348 carloads.
Seven of the 10 commodity groups AAR tracks increased over last year, led by petroleum and petroleum products at 20%.
For the first 43 weeks, intermodal volume has increased 5.5% from the same period last year, to 11.2 million units.
Year to date, intermodal volume for all of North America increased 5.6% to 14.1 million trailers and containers.
