AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 0.1% for Week to Feb. 14

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,963 during the week ended February 14, up by a meager 0.1% from the same week a year ago.

Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 65,134, up 3.7% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published on Wednesday (2/18) showed.

Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 510,399, up 6.2% from the same week a year ago.

Total carloads for the week to February 14 reached 225,283, higher by 7.7% from the same week of last year.

Weekly intermodal volume was 285,116 containers and trailers, up 5% from the corresponding week of the prior year.

Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 1,297,249, up 3.4% on the year.

Cumulative intermodal units were 1,631,915, down 1.8% from a year ago.

Total rail traffic for the first six weeks of the year was 2,929,164 carloads and intermodal units, up by 0.4% on the year.