The volume increase reflected a solid full-year performance byintermodal marketing companies, whose loads rose 3.7%. Theincreases resulted in improved annual volume, revenue and revenueper load in every IMC category, the first increase in all of thosecategories since 2000.
"The growth in domestic intermodal was very encouraging at atime when other freight traffic volume has been struggling," saysTom Malloy, vice president of member services and businessdevelopment for IANA. "That growth affirms the continuing value ofintermodal service and sets the stage for a return to internationalvolume increases when import traffic rebounds.
Overall freight traffic on US railroads was the second higheston record, according to the Association of American Railroads inWashington, DC. Volume totaled 16.95 million carloads, down 2.5%from '06.
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