US Intermodal Traffic Increases 7.7 Percent

For the week ending Feb. 9, U.S. intermodal volume rose 7.7 percent year-over-year to 244,679 trailers and containers, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Carload and Intermodal Volumes on U.S. Railroads: Week-to-Week Percentage Changes
Source: Association of American Railroads

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Carload volume in the sixth week ending Feb. 9 dropped 2.3 percent compared to the same week last year to 273,369 carloads.

Canadian intermodal volume fell 4.1 percent to 50,882 trailers and containers for the week, while Mexican intermodal volume rose 4.7 percent to 9,103 trailers and containers.

The AAR no longer reports container and trailer volumes separately on a weekly basis.