AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 2.1% for Week Ended May 23

SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,778 during the week ended May 23, up 2.1% from the same week a year ago.

Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 218,519, up 8.4% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published on Wednesday (5/27) showed.

Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 523,574, up 7.2% from the same week a year ago. Total carloads for the week ended May 23 reached 230,831, up 2.2% from the same week of last year.

Weekly intermodal volume was 292,743 containers and trailers, up 11.5% from the corresponding week of the prior year.

Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 4,528,563, up 3.3% on the year.

Cumulative intermodal units were 5,555,553, up 1.4% from a year ago. Total rail traffic for the first 20 weeks of the year was 10,084,116 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.3% on the year.