AAR: Wkly US Petroleum, Product Carloads Up 25% vs Yr Ago


   
   OAKHURST, N.J. (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads data show 
petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,754 in the week-ended April 
20, 24.5% above the same week in 2023.

   Year to date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 161,642, 
9.4% above the corresponding period in 2023.

   AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 474,544 carloads and 
intermodal units in the week profiled, up 0.8% compared with the same week last 
year.

   Total carloads for the week-ended April 20 were 216,945 carloads, down 6.7% 
compared with the same week in 2023 while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 
257,599 containers and trailers, up 8.2% compared to 2023.

   For the first 16 weeks of 2024, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 
3,408,295 carloads, down 4.6% from the same point last year, and 4,025,328 
intermodal units, up 9.1% from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the 
first 16 weeks of 2024 was 7,433,623 carloads and intermodal units, an increase 
of 2.3% compared to last year.

   North American rail volume on 10 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican 
railroads for the week ended April 20 totaled 330,830 carloads, down 4.1% 
compared to the same week last year, and 346,266 intermodal units, up 7.1% 
compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America 
was 677,096 carloads and intermodal units in the week under review, up 1.3%. 
North American rail volume for the first 16 weeks of 2024 was 10,466,666 
carloads and intermodal units, up 2.1% compared with 2023.




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