AAR reports on increase in North American rail traffic
Published by Oliver Kleinschmidt,
Editorial Assistant
Dry Bulk,
The latest data on North American rail traffic from the Association of American Railroads (AAR) has shown a slight uptick in weekly rail traffic for the week ending 11 May 2024.
For the week, total US weekly rail traffic was 468 748 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.6% compared with the same week in 2024.
Total carloads for the week ending 11 May were 209 319 carloads, down 7.0% compared with the same week in 2023, while US weekly intermodal volume was 259 429 containers and trailers, up 7.7% compared to 2023.
Six of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2023. They included chemicals, up 1668 carloads, to 33 045; petroleum and petroleum products, up 1505 carloads, to 10 996; and miscellaneous carloads, up 1132 carloads, to 8639. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2023 included coal, down 16 549 carloads, to 46 715; nonmetallic minerals, down 2291 carloads, to 31 457; and grain, down 1610 carloads, to 17 226.
For the first 19 weeks of 2024, US railroads reported cumulative volume of 4438 carloads, down 4.9% from the same point in 2023; and 4 796 341 intermodal units, up 8.7% from 2023. Total combined US traffic for the first 19 weeks of 2024 was 8 841 779 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 2.0% compared to 2023.
North American rail volume for the week ending 11 May 2024, on 10 reporting US, Canadian and Mexican railroads totalled 321 482 carloads, down 2.6% compared with the same week in 2023, and 345 901 intermodal units, up 7.4% compared with 2023. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 667 383 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.3%. North American rail volume for the first 19 weeks of 2024 was 12 481 187 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.1% compared with 2023.
Canadian railroads reported 94 624 carloads for the week, up 5.1%, and 73 591 intermodal units, up 4.1% compared with the same week in 2023. For the first 19 weeks of 2024, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 3 064 779 carloads, containers and trailers, up 0.9%.
Mexican railroads reported 17 539 carloads for the week, up 15.8% compared with the same week in 2023, and 12 881 intermodal units, up 21.4%. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 19 weeks of 2024 was 574 629 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 10.9% from the same point in 2023.
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