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US Coal Carload Volumes Remain Flat, Lingering at Historic Lows

Dec 18, 2015

Coal shipment volumes originated on US railroads were relatively flat week on week, Association of American Railroads data showed Wednesday. For the week that ended Saturday, the AAR said a total of 92,934 coal carloads traveled US ...

Tags: Coal, Coal carload volumes

Coal Generation Falls More Than Most US Utilities Had Forecast: Retac Survey

Dec 2, 2015

Utilities are burning less coal than they previously expected, a survey the US Surface Transportation Board conducted shows. During a Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee hearing Tuesday in Washington, committee member John Carr, ...

Tags: natural gas, Coal Generation

US Coal Railroad Shipment Volumes Stay Under 100,000 Carloads: AAR

Nov 25, 2015

Coal shipment volumes originated on US railroads were slightly up from the previous week but still subdued, Association of American Railroads data showed Wednesday. For the week ended November 14, the AAR reported a total of 95,293 coal ...

Tags: Coal, coal carloads

AAR Reported Thursday Increased US Rail Traffic for September 2014

Oct 15, 2014

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday increased US rail traffic for September 2014, with both carload and intermodal volume increasing compared with September 2013. US Class I railroads originated 1,190,431 carloads ...

Tags: rail traffic

RZD to Receive Supplies of High-Strength, One Hundred Meter-Long Rails Made in Russia

Sep 17, 2014

Russian vertically integrated company Russian Railways (RZD), which manages infrastructure and operates freight and passenger train services, has reported that it has started to receive supplies of high-strength, one hundred meter-long ...

Tags: High-Strength Long Rails, passenger train

Truckers Are Making More Frequent Trips to U.S. Coal-Burning Power Plants

Sep 1, 2014

Truckers are making more frequent trips to U.S. coal-burning power plants because of a U.S.-wide rail bottleneck situation which has forced some of the plants to turn to trucks and barges for coal transportation. “We have been ...

Tags: Truckers, Coal-Transport Business

In The First Quarter of 2014, Crude Oil Accounted for 1.6 Percent

Jun 9, 2014

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday that US Class I railroads originated 110,164 carloads of crude oil in the first quarter of 2014, 1.4 percent more than in the fourth quarter of 2013 and, by 1,559 carloads, the ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel

May Coal Exports From Virginia's Hampton Roads Region Totaled 3.6 Million St

Jun 6, 2014

May coal exports from Virginia's Hampton Roads region totaled roughly 3.6 million st, down 8.2% from April and down 17.5% from the year-ago month, the Virginia Maritime Association said Wednesday. Weak seaborne pricing for both ...

Tags: Chemicals, Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral

Weekly US Coal Carloads Jumped 4.6% on a Year-Over-Year Basis in The Week Ended May 24

Jun 3, 2014

Weekly coal carloads originated by US railroads jumped 4.6% on a year-over-year basis in the week ended May 24, as both BNSF Railway and CSX showed strong gains in weekly coal deliveries, according to data from the Association of American ...

Tags: coal carloads, railroads

Intermodal Traffic in April Totaled 1,316,176 Containers and Trailers, up 9 Percent

May 12, 2014

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday increased US rail traffic for April 2014, with both carload and intermodal volume increasing compared with April 2013. Intermodal traffic in April totaled 1,316,176 containers ...

Tags: Metal Ore Volume, Railroads

Weekly US Coal Carloads for The Week Ending May 3 Continue to Improve

May 12, 2014

Weekly US coal carloads for the week ending May 3 continue to improve, notching their eight consecutive week of year-over-year growth, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday. Coal carloads totaled 112,361, down 0.8% from ...

Tags: Coal, Coal carloads

Weekly Coal Carloads Increased Substantially in Both The US and Canada for The Week

Apr 28, 2014

Weekly coal carloads increased substantially in both the US and Canada for the week ending April 19, compared to a year ago, as warmer weather and increased production sparked renewed efforts to restock utilities with low stockpiles. US ...

Tags: coke, coal production

NSSMC Has Set up a System to Manufacture and Ship 150 Meter Long Rails

Apr 18, 2014

Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has announced that it has set up a system to manufacture and ship 150 meter long rails, the world longest rails for railroads, at its Yawata Works. NSSMC's 150 meter ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel

Genesee & Wyoming's North American Railroads Hauled 30,767 Coal and Coke Carloads

Apr 15, 2014

Genesee & Wyoming's North American railroads hauled 30,767 coal and coke carloads in March, up 26.2% from the year-ago month, the company said Friday. The Darien, Connecticut-based company attributed the increase to higher demand in its ...

Tags: coal, coke

AAR:US Rail Traffic with Both Carload and Intermodal Volume Increasing

Apr 8, 2014

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday increased US rail traffic for March 2014, with both carload and intermodal volume increasing compared with March 2013. Intermodal traffic in March totaled 1,025,907 containers ...

Tags: Freight Rail Traffic, Transportation, economy

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