AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 0.9% for Week to Dec. 6


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 11,591 in the week ending 
December 6, up by 0.9% from the same week a year earlier.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 507,652, 
down by 1.6% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report 
published on Wednesday (12/10) showed.

   Total U.S. weekly rail traffic at 508,999 carloads and intermodal units in 
the week profiled was down by 2.3% when compared with the same week last year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended December 6 reached 228,823, up by 1.7% 
compared to the same week last year, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
280,176 containers and trailers, a 5.4% decrease from the previous year.

   For the first 49 weeks of 2025, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
10,889,132 carloads and 13,277,231 intermodal units. Both were up by 1.8% from 
the prior year.

   Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 49 weeks of the year was 
24,166,363 carloads and intermodal units, also reflecting a 1.9% increase 
compared to last year.

    




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