According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), in accordance with the results of the 11th week of this year, the volume of freight traffic on US railways fell by 9.3% compared to the same period in 2022. Railway Supply magazine reports this with reference to zdmira .

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During this period, US railways organized the transportation of 227.5 thousand wagon shipments, as well as 226 thousand containers and semi-trailers, which is 2.7 and 15.2% lower than the level of 2022, respectively.

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According to AAR, only a few of the top 10 commodity groups recorded an increase in volumes during this period: coal, cars and spare parts, as well as iron ore and metals. At the same time, a significant reduction was noted for grain, chemical products and mineral raw materials.

In total, in the first eleven weeks of 2023, US railroads transported 5,079,667 wagons, containers and semi-trailers (down 5.2% compared to the same period in 2022), including 2,523,553 wagons (down 0.3%) and 2,556,114 containers and semi-trailers (-9.6%)

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