AAR reports annual U.S. rail carload and intermodal declines, for the week ending May 8
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Rail carload volume—at 236,019—saw a 27.6% annual increase, which was in line with the weeks ending May 1 and April 24, at 240,858, and 240,075, respectively.
AAR said that each of the 10 carload commodity groups it tracks saw annual gains, including: coal, up 16,361 carloads, to 62,675; metallic ores and metals, up 9,925 carloads, to 23,543; and motor vehicles and parts, up 9,221 carloads, to 11,327.
Intermodal containers and trailers—at 287,290—increased 26.3% annually. This reading was shy of the weeks ending May 1 and April 24, at 299,809, and 298,109, respectively.
Through the first 18 weeks of 2021, AAR reported that U.S. rail carload volumes—at 4,098,956—are up 4% annually, with intermodal units—at 5,080,788—up 18.1%, for the same period.
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