The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 10, 2023.
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 471,141 carloads and intermodal units, down 5.9 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending June 10 were 228,988 carloads, up 0.6 percent compared with the same week in 2022, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 242,153 containers and trailers, down 11.2 percent compared to 2022.
Six of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week in 2022. They included nonmetallic minerals, up 2,388 carloads, to 34,892; motor vehicles and parts, up 2,248 carloads, to 15,996; and metallic ores and metals, up 785 carloads, to 21,167. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2022 included grain, down 3,408 carloads, to 16,523; coal, down 897 carloads, to 65,710; and forest products, down 302 carloads, to 8,440.
For the first 23 weeks of 2023, U.S. railroads reported cumulative volume of 5,167,885 carloads, up 0.7 percent from the same point last year; and 5,366,848 intermodal units, down 10.9 percent from last year. Total combined U.S. traffic for the first 23 weeks of 2023 was 10,534,733 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of 5.6 percent compared to last year.
North American rail volume for the week ending June 10, 2023, on 12 reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 333,155 carloads, up 0.5 percent compared with the same week last year, and 326,138 intermodal units, down 10.2 percent compared with last year. Total combined weekly rail traffic in North America was 659,293 carloads and intermodal units, down 5.1 percent. North American rail volume for the first 23 weeks of 2023 was 14,835,217 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.2 percent compared with 2022.
Canadian railroads reported 86,190 carloads for the week, down 3.9 percent, and 72,665 intermodal units, down 9.5 percent compared with the same week in 2022. For the first 23 weeks of 2023, Canadian railroads reported cumulative rail traffic volume of 3,677,515 carloads, containers and trailers, down 1.0 percent.
Mexican railroads reported 17,977 carloads for the week, up 26.0 percent compared with the same week last year, and 11,320 intermodal units, up 12.5 percent. Cumulative volume on Mexican railroads for the first 23 weeks of 2023 was 622,969 carloads and intermodal containers and trailers, up 1.1 percent from the same point last year.
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