Both United States rail carload and intermodal volumes were again down for the week ending June 4, according to data issued by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
Carloads saw a 16.6 percent annual decline at 224,258 and were below the weeks ending May 28 and May 21, which came in at 246,881 and 244,290, respectively.
The AAR said that two of the 10 carload commodity groups it tracks were up compared to the same week a year ago, with grain up 2.3 percent to 18,628 carloads, and miscellaneous carloads up 0.5 percent to 9,008. Petroleum and petroleum products dropped 29.1 percent to 9,706 carloads, and motor vehicles and parts were down 20.9 percent to 15,411 carloads.
Intermodal containers and trailers were off 17.9 percent at 231,088, which was down compared to the weeks ending May 28 and May 21, which hit 267,036 and 262,963, respectively.
On a year-to-date basis through the first 22 weeks of 2016, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,648,851 carloads, down 13.7 percent from the same point last year; and 5,150,727 intermodal units, down 2.1 percent from last year.