U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are mixed, for week ending January 13, reports AAR
United States rail carload and intermodal volumes, for the week ending January 13, were mixed, according to data issued this week by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
Rail carloads, at 213,277, were off 10.2% annually, topping the weeks ending January 6 and December 30, at 208,176, and 182,062, respectively,
AAR said that three of the 10 carload commodity groups it tracks saw annual gains, including: chemicals, up 2,591 carloads, to 33,076; petroleum and petroleum products, up 389 carloads, to 10,374; and forest products, up 80 carloads, to 8,193. Commodity groups posting annual declines included: coal, down 10,924 carloads, to 58,478; grain, down 8,017 carloads, to 18,776; and nonmetallic minerals, down 4,515 carloads, to 25,446.
Intermodal containers and trailers, at 244,176, saw a 1.9% annual gain, topping the weeks ending January 6 and December 30, at 209,081, and 188,738, respectively.
Total weekly U.S. rail carload and intermodal volume, at 457,453 carloads and intermodal units, fell 4.1% annually.
Through the first two weeks of 2023, AAR reported that U.S. rail carload volume, at 421,453 carloads, is down 5.0% annually, and intermodal units, at 453,257, are up 2.7% annually.
