2Q pulp and paper rail volume in US, Canada up 4.7% over 2010 level

摘要

Combined US and Canada pulp and paper railroad freight in the second quarter was up 4.7% from a year earlier and at 123,450 carloads was 5.8% above 2009 levels, the Assn of American Railroads reported. Pulp and paper freight outpaced overall carload traffic, which was 1.3% higher in the second quarter from 2010. US pulp & paper volume was up 3.9% from 2010 and Canada was 6% higher.