AAR: Petroleum Carloads Reports 2.6% Drop Last Week


   AAR: Petroleum Carloads Reports 2.6% Drop Last Week

   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,826 in the week ending 
December 13, down by 2.6% from the same week a year earlier.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 518,478, 
down 1.6% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report 
published on Wednesday (12/17) showed.

   Total U.S. weekly rail traffic at 518,904 carloads and intermodal units in 
the week profiled was down 1.4% when compared with the same week last year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended December 13 reached 224,620, down 1.7% 
compared to the same week last year, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
294,284 containers and trailers, a 1.2% decrease from the previous year.

   For the first 50 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
11,113,752 carloads, up 1.8% on the year. Intermodal units totaled 13,571,515, 
up 1.7% from the prior year.

   Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 50 weeks of the year was 
24,685,267 carloads and intermodal units, also reflecting a 1.7% increase 
compared to last year.




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