AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 15.5% for Week Ended April 18

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 11,158 during the week ended April 18, up by 15.5% from the same week a year ago.

Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 163,702, up 8.4% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published on Wednesday (4/22) showed.

Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 508,303, up 2.5% from the same week a year ago.

Total carloads for the week ended April 18 reached 230,749, up by 3% from the same week of last year.

Weekly intermodal volume was 277,554 containers and trailers, up 2.2% from the corresponding week of the prior year.

Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 3,372,766, up 3.9% on the year.

Cumulative intermodal units were 4,132,416, down 0.1% from a year ago.

Total rail traffic for the first 15 weeks of the year was 7,505,182 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.6% on the year.