Mark Szakonyi, Associate Editor | Jul 05, 2012 5:42PM EDT
Intermodal shipments on major U.S. railroads in the week ending June 30 rose 7 percent year-over-year and 3 percent compared to the week prior, according to the Association of American Railroads.
Carload traffic fell 2.5 percent year-over-year and 3.5 percent from the previous week. Shipments of grain and farm products fell on a double-digit basis from the same period a year ago, while coal traffic slipped 7.5 percent in the same period.
For the first 26 weeks of 2012, intermodal traffic rose 3.4 percent; carload traffic fell 2.9 percent in the same period
Canadian intermodal volume in the week ending June 30 jumped 14.9 percent year-over-year, and carload volume rose 4.7 percent in the same period. So far this year, Canadian intermodal volume is up 7.4 percent year-over-year, and carload traffic is up 3.4 percent.
Mexican intermodal volume last week rose 13.3 percent year-over-year, and carload traffic rose 7.1 percent in the same period. In the first 26 weeks of 2012, intermodal traffic rose 19.1 percent from the same period in 2011, but carload volume fell 2.2 percent.
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