2013 intermodal volumes set new record, carload down slightly reports AAR

摘要

U.S. railroad and intermodal volumes were again mixed in 2013, according to data issued by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Carload volume was down 0.5 percent compared to 2012 and 3.6 percent below 2011's numbers. AAR officials said that going back to 1998, when it initially began collecting data, the only year which saw lower total carload volumes was 2009, the height of the recession. According to AAR data, the peak year for U.S. carloads was 2006 at 17.3 million, with 2013 coming in 15.6 percent below. U.S. intermodal volumes reached an all-time high at 12,831,692 trailers and containers, which topped 2012s 12,282,221 by 4.6 percent annually and 2011's 11,892,418 by 7.9 percent. Last year also outpaced the previous high, 2006s 11,732,750, by 8.6 percent.