AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 11.2% for Week Ended March 28


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 11,239 during the week 
ended March 28, up by 11.2% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 131,039, up 
7.3% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (4/1) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 515,921, up 0.5% from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week ended March 28 reached 233,833, down by 0.8% 
from the same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 282,088 containers and trailers, up 1.6% from 
the corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 2,684,108, up 4.2% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 3,311,403, down 0.2% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first 11 weeks of the year was 5,995,511 carloads 
and intermodal units, up 1.7% on the year.




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