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Jan 5, 2012

TRUCKING STATISTICS * USA

* DC - Intermodal Traffic Jumps 22.9% for Week

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics/Trans Pixs, by Tom Biery -29 Dec 2011: -- U.S. intermodal traffic jumped 22.9% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported... Container traffic soared 24.7% to 186,225 units, while trailer traffic fell 13.7% to 31,727 units, AAR said in its weekly report... Railroad carloads excluding intermodal rose 11.9% to 287,137 units, AAR said... Railroad volume is considered an important economic indicator. Intermodal traffic, which tends to be higher-valued merchandise than bulk commodities, uses trains for the long haul and trucks for the shorter distance at either end of the trip...

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