AAR reports annual U.S. carload and intermodal declines for week ending June 20
United States rail carload and intermodal volumes saw annual declines for the week ending June 20, according to data issued this week by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
Rail carloads—at 201,823—slipped 21.8% annually, topping the week ending June 13—at 198,437—and the week ending June 6, at 192,494.
AAR said that none of the ten carload categories tracked it tracks saw annual gains, with coal, down 26,340 carloads, to 52,392; metallic ores and metals, down 8,176 carloads, to 14,459; and nonmetallic minerals, down 6,839 carloads, to 29,478.
Intermodal containers and trailers—at 255,455—were down 4.4% annually, trailing the week ending June 13, at 250,854, and the week ending June 6 at 240,671.
For the first 25 weeks of 2020, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,306,511 carloads, down 15.7% from the same point last year; and 5,933,616 intermodal units, down 10.8% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 25 weeks of 2020 was 11,240,127 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 13.2 percent compared to last year.
