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 11,628 in the week-ended Nov. 
16, 15.2% above the same week in 2023.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 482,583, 10% 
above the corresponding period in 2023.

   AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 516,886 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week profiled, up 3.2% compared with the same week last 
year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended Nov. 16 were 223,659 carloads, down 5.6% 
compared with the same week in 2023 while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
293,227 containers and trailers, up 11.1% compared to 2023.

   For the first 46 weeks of 2024, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
10,048,446 carloads, down 3.1% from the same point last year; and 12,209,308 
intermodal units, up 9.1% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the 
first 46 weeks of 2024 was 22,257,754 carloads and intermodal units, an 
increase of 3.2% compared to last year.

   North American rail volume on 9 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican 
railroads totaled 333,382 carloads for the week ended Nov. 16, down 4.3% 
compared to the same week last year, and 347,859 intermodal units, up 1.8% 
compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America 
was 681,241 carloads and intermodal units in the week under review, down 1.3%. 
North American rail volume for the first 46 weeks of 2024 was 30,859,771 
carloads and intermodal units, up 2.2% compared with 2023.




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