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


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   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.




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