AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 12.8% for Week Ended May 2

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,742 during the week ended May 2, up 12.8% from the same week a year ago.

Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 185,029, up 8.6% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published on Wednesday (5/6) showed.

Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 518,773, up 3.9% from the same week a year ago.

Total carloads for the week ended May 2 reached 235,049, up 4.0% from the same week of last year.

Weekly intermodal volume was 283,724 containers and trailers, up 3.9% from the corresponding week of the prior year.

Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 3,837,643, up 3.6% on the year.

Cumulative intermodal units were 4,697,928, up 0.4% from a year ago.

Total rail traffic for the first 17 weeks of the year was 8,535,571 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.8% on the year.