North American Rail Traffic Rose 9.2% in Week Ended March 6
11 March 2021 - 5:15AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
North American rail traffic rose 9.2% last week amid strong
intermodal volume in the U.S. and Canada, data from the Association
of American Railroads showed.
Carload volume slipped 0.3% for the week ended March 6 on 12
reporting U.S., Canadian and Mexican railroads, while intermodal
traffic rose 19.3%, the trade group said Wednesday.
In the week ended Feb. 27, North American rail traffic rose
2.2%. For the first nine weeks of the year, North American rail
traffic is up 2%.
The AAR said U.S. rail traffic rose 11.4% last week, powered by
a 21.5% jump in the volume of intermodal containers and trailers.
Carload rose 1.1%. U.S. rail traffic is up 1.7% for the first nine
weeks of the year.
Canadian rail traffic rose 6.6% last week, as a 19.1% rise in
intermodal units more than offset a 2.8% drop in carloads. Canadian
rail traffic is up 5.3% for the first nine weeks of the year.
Mexican rail traffic fell 7.3% last week, with carloads down
5.7% and intermodal units off 9.2%. For the year to date, Mexican
rail traffic is down 5.7%, the AAR said.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
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