Johanson Transportation Service (JTS)’s Post

Association of American Railroads reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 6 was 421,817 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.3% from the same week last year. Total carloads were 195,030, down 1.2%, and intermodal volume was 226,787 containers and trailers, up 7.6% from 2023.

Spot truckload capacity opened up by double digits for all trucking equipment for the week ending July 7, 2024. 

The EIA reported U.S. diesel rose for all regions for the week ending July 8. The largest spike was 7.4 cents/gallon in the Midwest. The West Coast, not including California, had a slight decrease of 2.1 cents/gallon, and the national average settled at $3.865/gallon.

May 2024 ocean container counts for the top five U.S. ports show the Port of New York/New Jersey at the top of the nation's ports, with a total of 790,758 total TEUs. 

Per the Association of American Railroads, weekly #Railtraffic was 491,899 carloads & intermodal units, up 3.9% compared to the same week last year. Carloads for the week ending June 29 were 224,775, up 1.1% compared with 2023, and weekly intermodal volume was 267,124 containers & trailers, up 6.3%.

Truckload capacity deflated by double digits for dry vans and reefers, while flatbed capacity had a very slight squeeze for the week ending June 30.

Average U.S. #diesel climbed across all regions for the week ending July 1. The largest spike was 6.7 cents per gallon in the Midwest. New England had a 0.8 cent/gallon increase. The national average settled at $3.813/gallon.

JTS has been recognized by Food Logistics as a Top 3PL & Cold Storage Provider for the 15th consecutive year! #Top3PL #foodlogistics

U.S. rail intermodal weekly volumes were up 3.6% for the week ending June 22 over the same week in 2023. Of that volume, 220,096 were carloads and 265,461 were intermodal containers and trailers.

Spot truckload capacity trends for the week ending June 23 show both dry van and reefer equipment tightening by 12.6% and 16.6% respectively. Flatbed load to truck ratios dropped by 13.14 over the past week, indicating a shift to looser capacity.