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 10,745 in the week-ended July 
20, 17.4% above the same week in 2023.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 298,375, 
10.9% above the corresponding period in 2023.

   AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 480,083 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week profiled, up 1.4% compared with the same week last 
year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended July 20 were 214,348 carloads, down 3.4% 
compared with the same week in 2023 while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
265,735 containers and trailers, up 5.8% compared to 2023.

   For the first 29 weeks of 2024, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
6,194,152 carloads, down 4.4% from the same point last year; and 7,404,038 
intermodal units, up 8.4% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the 
first 29 weeks of 2024 was 13,598,190 carloads and intermodal units, an 
increase of 2.2% compared to last year.

   North American rail volume on 10 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican 
railroads totaled 317,607 carloads for the week ended July 20, down 4.1% 
compared to the same week last year, and 346,231 intermodal units, up 3.9% 
compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America 
was 663,838 carloads and intermodal units in the week under review, down 0.1%. 
North American rail volume for the first 29 weeks of 2024 was 19,112,113 
carloads and intermodal units, up 2.3% compared with 2023.




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