The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 13, 2022.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 502,775 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.3 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending August 13 were 237,851 carloads, up 1.3 percent compared with the same week in 2021, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 264,924 containers and trailers, down 1.8 percent compared to 2021.
Four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2021. They included coal, up 2,497 carloads, to 69,300; grain, up 2,037 carloads, to 21,408; and nonmetallic minerals, up 1,710 carloads, to 34,323. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included metallic ores and metals, down 2,959 carloads, to 21,743; miscellaneous carloads, down 595 carloads, to 8,781; and petroleum and petroleum products, down 582 carloads, to 9,732.
For the first 32 weeks of 2022, U.S. railroads reported a cumulative volume of 7,369,244 carloads, down 0.1 percent from the same point last year; and 8,443,509 intermodal units, down 5.6 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 32 weeks of 2022 was 15,812,753 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 3.1 percent compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending August 13, 2022, on 12 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 333,905 carloads, up 1.5 percent compared with the same week last year, and 356,333 intermodal units, down 1.3 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 690,238 carloads and intermodal units, up 0 percent. North American rail volume for the first 32 weeks of 2022 was 21,607,752 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.9 percent compared with 2021.
Canadian railroads reported 74,564 carloads for the week, up 2.7 percent, and 75,251 intermodal units, up 0.2 percent compared with the same week in 2021. For the first 32 weeks of 2022, Canadian railroads reported a cumulative rail traffic volume of 4,596,939 carloads, containers, and trailers, down 3.3 percent.
Mexican railroads reported 21,490 carloads for the week, down 1.4 percent compared with the same week last year, and 16,158 intermodal units, up 1 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 32 weeks of 2022 was 1,198,060 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 1.2 percent from the same point last year.
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