|
OAKLAND, CA, Jan. 15, 2015 (RISI) -North American forest products rail freight rose 3.5% in the first full week of 2015 from a year ago to 17,932 carloads, the Assn of American Railroads reported. US traffic was up 2.9%, Canada rose 4% and Mexico's low volume was up 45.1%.
AAR showed total North American carloads in the week ending Jan. 10 were up 8.1%.
Genesee & Wyoming reported its pulp and paper rail freight in the fourth quarter was up 3.5% from a year ago to 44,447 carloads. December volume was up 2.8%.
Read moreUS forest products traffic in the week was up 2.5% and year-to-date was 2.7% higher. Canadian traffic rose 5.2% and was 4.4% lower respectively. Mexico's small volume rose by half in the week and was 7.2% lower year-to-date.
Read moreOAKLAND, CA, Dec. 11, 2014 (RISI) -North American forest products rail freight was 4.7% higher in the week ending Dec. 6 at 18,530 carloads, the Assn of American Railroads reported. Volume through 49 weeks of 2014 was 0.4% below a year ago at 913,750 carloads.
US forest products volume in the week rose 12% from a year ago, Canada was 4.7% lower and Mexico was up 4.7%.
Total North American rail carloads in the week were up 10.8% and year-to-date was up 3.2%.
Read moreOAKLAND, CA, Dec. 5, 2014 (RISI) -North American forest products rail volume in the week ending Nov. 29 was up 1.9% from a year ago to 17,546 carloads, the Assn of American Railroads reported.
Forest products freight through 48 weeks of 2014 at 895,220 carloads was 0.5% below the same period of 2013.
US forest products freight in the week was up 8%, Canada was down 5.5% and Mexico fell 58.5%, AAR showed.
Total North American carloads in the week were up 4.3% and 3.1% higher year-to-date.
Read more
OAKLAND, CA, Dec. 8, 2014 (RISI) -Verso Paper LLC and Verso Maine Power Holdings, each an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Verso Paper Corp., on Dec. 5 entered into an agreement to sell Verso Bucksport Power LLC to AIM Development for approximately $60 million in cash.
In an SEC filing on Dec. 8, Verso said it anticipates that the transaction will be completed in January 2015.
Read moreVolume through 47 weeks of 2014 was 0.5% below last year at 877,674 carloads.
US traffic in the week was down 1.5%, Canada was lower by 6.4% and Mexico's relatively minor volume was down 43.5%.
Year-to-date US forest products rail volume was up 2.4% and Canada was down 4.7%, AAR showed.
Read moreForest products volume through 46 weeks of 2014 at 859,572 carloads was 0.5% below the same period in 2013.
US forest products freight in the week was down 3.6%, and Canada dropped 9.8%.
Total North American carload freight was up 3% in the week and 3.1% higher year-to-date.
Read more