U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are down, for week ending June 17, reports AAR

United States rail carload and intermodal volume, for the week ending June 17 were mixed, according to data issued this week by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

Rail carloads—at 228,724—increased 1.2% annually, just falling short of the 228,988 recorded for the week of June 10 and topping the week of June 3, which came in at 219,289.

AAR said that seven of the 10 carload commodity groups it tracks saw annual gains, including: motor vehicles and parts, up 2,914 carloads, to 16,215; nonmetallic minerals, up 2,599 carloads, to 34,495; and metallic ores and metals, up 2,341 carloads, to 22,124. Commodity groups posting annual declines included: 4,892 carloads, to 15,795; chemicals, down 2,084 carloads, to 29,780; and forest products, down 272 carloads, to 8,284.

联合运输的容器和trailers-at 248402单位s—were down 6.5% annually, marking a percentage-wide improvement over the 11.2% annual decline, for the week ending June 10, and topping the weeks ending June 10 and June 3, at 242,152, and 220,312, respectively.

Through the first 24 weeks of 2023, AAR reported that U.S. rail carload volumes—at 5,396,609—are up 0.7% annually, and intermodal units—at 5,615,250—are down 10.7%.