AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 11.3% for Week Ended March 14

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,688 during the week ended March 14, up by 11.3% from the same week a year ago.

Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 109,577, up 7.7% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published on Monday (3/23) showed.

Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 508,737, up 1.1% from the same week a year ago.

Total carloads for the week ended March 14 reached 228,299, higher by 1.0% from the same week of last year.

Weekly intermodal volume was 280,483 containers and trailers, up 1.1% from the corresponding week of the prior year.

Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 2,222,692, up 5.0% on the year.

Cumulative intermodal units were 2,754,646, down 0.5% from a year ago.

Total rail traffic for the first 10 weeks of the year was 4,977,338 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.9% on the year.