AAR: Petroleum Carloads Down 0.4% for Week Ended March 21


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,223 during the week 
ended March 21, down by 0.4% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 119,800, up 
6.9% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (3/25) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 502,252, up 1.2% from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week ended March 21 reached 227,583, higher by 1.2% 
from the same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 274,669 containers and trailers, up 1.2% from 
the corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 2,450,275, up 4.7% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 3,029,315, down 0.4% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first 11 weeks of the year was 5,479,590 carloads 
and intermodal units, up 1.8% on the year




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