Weekly Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises, Following First Decline in 11 Months
U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased for the week ended Jan. 24, after the first decline in 11 months, the Association of American Railroads reported.
Intermodal traffic increased 3% to 253,317 containers, after a decline of 2.4% the week prior, AAR said Jan. 28 in its weekly report.
Last week’s decline was the first since Feb. 21, when traffic dropped 5.7% to 236,625 containers.
Rail carload volume, which excludes intermodal units, increased 5% year-over-year to 294,738 carloads.
Nine of the 10 commodity groups AAR tracks increased over last year, led by coal at 3.8%. The “other” category of miscellaneous carloads dipped 0.4%.
Intermodal volume for all of North America increased 5.7% to 324,436 trailers and containers.
Canadian railroads moved 59,673 intermodal units, a 19.1% increase. Mexican rail moved 11,446 units, a 5.8% rise from the same time last year.
