For the 19th straight week U.S. intermodal volume increased, 6.3 percent from last week, according to the Weekly Rail Traffic Summary released by the AAR. Carload volume for the week ending November 9, 2013 was up 4.9 percent compared with the same week last year. Total U.S. rail traffic for the week was up 5.6 percent compared with the same week in 2012.
U.S. carload volume for the first 45 weeks of 2013 was down 0.5 percent from the same point last year, while intermodal volume was up 4.1 percent. Total U.S. rail traffic was up 1.6 percent from last year for the first 45 weeks of 2013.
For the week ending November 9th Canadian carload volume was up 11.5 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 5.2 percent, For the first 45 weeks of 2013 Canadian carload volume was up 2.3 percent from the same point in 2012, and intermodal volume was up 4.2 percent,
Mexican carload volume for the week was up 0.8 percent compared with the same week last year, however intermodal volume was down 7.8 percent. For the first 45 weeks of 2013 Mexican carload volume was up 6.7 percent from the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 0.3 percent.
Total North American carload volume for the first 45 weeks of 2013 was up 0.3 percent compared with the same point in 2012, and intermodal volume was up 4.0 percent.
