AAR: Weekly US Petroleum, Product Carloads Up vs Yr Ago


   
    

   OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,628 in the week-ended May 
4, 17.9% above the same week in 2023.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 182,070, 
9.5% above the corresponding period in 2023.

   AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 463,106 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week profiled, steady compared with the same week last 
year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended May 4 were 213,410 carloads, down 5.1% 
compared with the same week in 2023 while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
249,696 containers and trailers, up 4.9% compared to 2023.

   For the first 18 weeks of 2024, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
3,836,119 carloads, down 4.8% from the same point last year; and 4,536,916 
intermodal units, up 8.7% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the 
first 18 weeks of 2024 was 8,373,031 carloads and intermodal units, an increase 
of 2.1% compared to last year.

   North American rail volume on 10 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican 
railroads for the week ended May 4 totaled 324,302 carloads, down 0.9% compared 
to the same week last year, and 337,489 intermodal units, up 5.3% compared with 
last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 661,791 
carloads and intermodal units in the week under review, up 2.2%. North American 
rail volume for the first 18 weeks of 2024 was 11,813,804 carloads and 
intermodal units, up 2.1% compared with 2023.




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