AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 9.1% for Week Ended March 8


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 10,816 during the week 
ended March 7, up by 9.1% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 98,889, up 
7.3% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (3/11) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 514,996, up 3.5% from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week ended March 7 reached 231,889, higher by 5.7% 
from the same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 283,107 containers and trailers, up 1.8% from 
the corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 1,994,393, up 5.5% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 2,474,208, down 0.7% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first nine weeks of the year was 4,468,601 
carloads and intermodal units, up 2% on the year.




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