US Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises Following 13.3% Drop
Weekly U.S. intermodal rail traffic rose 0.6% from the same period last year after declining 13.3% the prior week, the Association of American Railroads reported.
Intermodal traffic for the week ended Sept. 19 rose to 281,414, compared with the same week last year, AAR said Sept. 24 in its weekly report. Last week, intermodal volume fell to the lowest level since Feb. 28.
Rail carload volume for the week, which excludes intermodal units, dropped 5.5% year-over-year to 285,320 carloads.
Four of the 10 commodity groups tracked by AAR posted an increase, with grain rising 7.7% and motor vehicles and parts increasing 5.8%.
Total North American intermodal volume dipped 0.2% to 351,204 units for the week.
Canadian railroads moved 59,545 intermodal units, a 2.1% decline. Railroads in Mexico moved 10,245 intermodal containers, an 8.3% decline, according to AAR.
For the first 37 weeks of the year, U.S. intermodal traffic increased 2.5% to 9.85 million units from the same period in 2014.
