Weekly Intermodal Traffic Rises 0.9%
Intermodal volume rose 0.9% for the week ended Saturday from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.
Traffic increased to 248,201 trailers and containers, AAR said in its weekly report.
Rail carload traffic declined 3.1% to 277,132 year-over-year, the rail trade group said.
Six of the 10 carload commodity groups tracked by AAR posted increases, led by petroleum and petroleum products, which jumped 19.7%. Commodities showing a decrease included motor vehicles and parts, which fell 19.3%.
For the first 29 weeks of the year, U.S. railroads moved 6.7 million intermodal containers and trailers, up 3.5% from last year. Carload traffic dipped 1.4% to 7.7 million units.
