Intermodal Traffic Rises 2.6% for Week
U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 2.6% in the week ended Nov. 15 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.
Railroads moved 273,695 intermodal trailers and containers, AAR said Nov. 20 in its weekly report.
Rail carload volume, which excludes intermodal units, increased 0.3% year-over-year to 296,655 carloads.
Four of the 10 commodity groups AAR tracks increased over last year, led by nonmetallic minerals at 9.6%.
For the first 46 weeks, intermodal volume has increased 5.3% from the same period last year, to 12 million units.
Year to date, intermodal volume for all of North America increased 5.5% to 15.1 million trailers and containers.
