U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes see annual declines, for week of June 25, reports AAR

United States rail carload and intermodal volumes, for the week ending June 25, saw annual declines, according to data issued this week by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

Rail carloads—at 229,857—were off 3.1% annually, trailing the weeks ending June 18 and June 11, at 232,921 and 234,942, respectively.

AAR said that four of the 10 carload commodity groups it tracks saw annual gains, including: chemicals, up 1,103 carloads, to 32,742; farm products excl. grain, and food, up 655 carloads, to 16,396; and nonmetallic minerals, up 500 carloads, to 33,631. Commodity groups that posted decreases compared with the same week in 2021 included coal, down 4,554 carloads, to 62,041; metallic ores and metals, down 1,999 carloads, to 21,907; and miscellaneous carloads, down 1,885 carloads, to 8,928.

Intermodal containers and trailers—at 263,517—slipped 5.5% annually, trailing the weeks ending June 18 and June 11, at 268,286 and 275,353, respectively.

Through the first 25 weeks of 2022, AAR reported that U.S. rail carloads are off 0.1% annually, at 5,759,356. Intermodal containers and trailers—at 6,613,002—decreased 6.3% annually.