BIPC - U.S. weekly rail traffic climbs 18% on pandemic-hit comparison

The Association of American Railroads ((AAR)) reports total weekly US rail traffic up 17.9% to 529,635 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending June 12, 2021.Carloads up 21.8% to 241,628; intermodal volume up 14.8% to 288,007 containers and trailers when compared to the same period last year.All of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase with coal, up 19,229 carloads, to 69,263; metallic ores and metals, up 8,242 carloads, to 22,789; and chemicals, up 5,489 carloads, to 32,967.The association notes: "For some rail traffic categories, percentage changes for the current week compared with the same week in 2020 are inflated because of the widespread shutdowns — and subsequent large reduction in rail volumes — that impacted many economic sectors last year at this time."For the first 23 weeks of 2021, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,296,418 carloads, up 8.3% from the same point last year; and 6,494,976 intermodal units, up 18.5%. ***United States traffic

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U.S. weekly rail traffic climbs 18% on pandemic-hit comparison