February 11, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, February 10, 2021) NEW YORK — Week 5 rail freight traffic didn’t change much from Week 4, the Association of American Railroads has reported. U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 6, 2021, largely reflected the previous week’s figures,...
February 8, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 30, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 30, 2021, as well as volumes for January 2021. U.S. railroads...
February 4, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, February 3, 2021) NEW YORK — In January, U.S. intermodal shipments and carloads of chemicals set new records, and grain was up 40%, its “biggest-ever” year-over-year increase, Association of American Railroads (AAR) Senior Vice President John T....
February 3, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, February 3, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — North American intermodal volumes gained nearly 10% in the fourth quarter of 2020, setting the pace for the first quarter of 2021, according to the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). Full...
January 29, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 27, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 23, 2021. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 529,030...
January 28, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: S&P Global Platts, January 27, 2021) HOUSTON — U.S. coal carload originations rose to a six-week high 63,474 in the week that ended Jan. 23, up 10.1% from the 57,665 a week earlier, according to a Jan. 27 report from the Association of American...
January 28, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, January 27, 2021) NEW YORK — An intermodal gain approaching a whopping 20% coupled to a modest decrease in carload traffic, compared to 2020, drove a rail freight traffic increase of nearly 10% for Week 3 of 2021, the Association of American...
January 27, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, January 26, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroads benefited in the back half of 2020, as imports surged and retailers restocked shelves. Volume for traditional commodities, such as coal, slumped on the rail lines in 2020, but intermodal grew,...
January 22, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 20, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 16, 2021. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 528,547...
January 21, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, January 20, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Higher intermodal and grain volumes boosted U.S. rail traffic last week, with weekly volumes rising nearly 6% compared with the same period last year. Full story: Freight Waves
