AAR: Petroleum Carloads Up 10.6% for Week Ended May 9


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports 
that petroleum and petroleum product carloads totaled 11,434 during the week 
ended May 9, up 10.6% from the same week a year ago.

   Year-to-date, petroleum and petroleum products carloads totaled 196,463, up 
8.7% from the corresponding period of the prior year, an AAR report published 
on Wednesday (5/13) showed.

   Weekly traffic for the profiled week totaled 513,755, up 3.17 from the same 
week a year ago.

   Total carloads for the week ended May 9 reached 229,592, up 3.3% from the 
same week of last year.

   Weekly intermodal volume was 284,163 containers and trailers, up 4.0% from 
the corresponding week of the prior year.

   Year-to-date, U.S. railroads reported carloads at 4,067,235, up 3.6% on the 
year.

   Cumulative intermodal units were 4,982,091, up 0.6% from a year ago.

   Total rail traffic for the first 18 weeks of the year was 9,049,326 carloads 
and intermodal units, up 1.9% on the year.




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