AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 0.1% for Week to Feb. 14


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,963 during the week 
ended February 14, up by a meager 0.1% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 65,134, up 
3.7% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (2/18) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 510,399, up 6.2% from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week to February 14 reached 225,283, higher by 7.7% 
from the same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 285,116 containers and trailers, up 5% from the 
corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 1,297,249, up 3.4% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 1,631,915, down 1.8% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first six weeks of the year was 2,929,164 
carloads and intermodal units, up by 0.4% on the year.




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