AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 13.3% for Week Ended April 4

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,734 during the week ended April 4, up by 13.3% from the same week a year ago.

Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 141,773, up 7.7% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published on Wednesday (4/8) showed.

Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 501,328, up 0.1% from the same week a year ago.

Total carloads for the week ended April 4 reached 229,243, up by 1.0% from the same week of last year.

Weekly intermodal volume was 272,085 containers and trailers, down 0.6% from the corresponding week of the prior year.

Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 2,913,351, up 3.9% on the year.

Cumulative intermodal units were 3,583,488, down 0.2% from a year ago.

Total rail traffic for the first 13 weeks of the year was 6,496,839 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.6% on the year.