Weekly N. America chemical rail shows continuing strong recovery

摘要

North American chemical rail trafc continued to strengthen during the week ending 10 October, narrowing the year-over- year (YOY) gap with respect to both the four-week moving average (4wma) and the year-to-date total. On a four-week basis, volume was down 1.2% from 2019 and 3.3% from 2018, versus shortfalls of 2.8% and 5.9%, respectively, during the period ending 3 October (chart). Year-to-date, volume was down 4.3% from 2019 and 5.6% from 2018, versus respective shortfalls of 4.4% and 5.8%, respectively, for the year through 3 October.