Containers

Rail carloads, at 228,903, eked out a 0.9% annual increase, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 283,739 units, headed up 1.1%.

Rail carloads, at 228,609, fell 1.8% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 282,068 units, were off 2.5% annually.

Total August volume, at 1,610,997 units, increased 1.6% annually, below the 4.4% annual gain seen in July, which saw higher volumes due to the pulling-forward of goods being imported during the previous pause on the White House’s reciprocal tariffs.

The August shipments reading, at 1.017, fell 9.3% annually and was down 1.5% compared to July. And the August expenditures reading, at 3.135, fell 0.4% annually and were down 2.8%, from July to August.

U.S. rail carloads, at 231,237, were off 0.5% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 282,930, decreased 2.6% annually.

August U.S. rail carloads were up 0.7% annually, for its sixth straight month of annual gains, and August intermodal volume, headed up 0.5% annually, with average weekly intermodal volume, at 284,316, coming in at the highest level, for any month, going back to May 2021, as well as highest August reading since 2018.

Rail carloads, at 214,383, fell 3.5% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 253,497 units, were off 1.4%.

Rail carloads, at 234,740, eked out a 0.6% annual gain, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 286,762 units, headed up 1.2% annually.

LM Group News Editor spoke with Larry Gross, President of Gross Transportation Consulting, on the state of the intermodal market.

Rail carloads, at 229,783, eked out a 0.6% annual increase, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 282,500 units, fell 1.9% compared to the same week a year ago.

Rail carloads, at 228,884, fell 0.9% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 284,086 units, were down 0.6% annually.

Rail carloads, at 227,327, rose 2.4% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 283,867 units, were up 3.4% annually.

July U.S. rail carloads, at 1,122,842, posted a 4.6% annual gain, for its fifth consecutive month of annual monthly gains, and July intermodal volume, at 1,350,873 units, increased 2.4% annually, following a 2.9% annual decline in June.

Total second quarter, at 4,579,798 units, increased 2.4% annually, marking the seventh consecutive quarter of annual growth, following eight straight quarters of annual declines.

Rail carloads, at 233,085, posted a 6.4% annual gain, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 279,724, eked out a 0.2% annual increase