RAIL FREIGHT GREW TO START THE YEAR

Avatar photo

OTTAWA, Ont. — Statistics Canada has released the January numbers on railway carloadings and the totals are growing.

The freight loaded by railways in Canada during January 2001 totaled 20.7 million metric tonnes (excluding intermodal traffic). This marked an increase of 5.3 per cent over the same month last year.

The intermodal tonnage, made up of containers on flatcars and trailers on flatcars, was 1.8 million tonnes, up 13.9 per cent from January 2000.

Avatar photo

Truck News is Canada's leading trucking newspaper - news and information for trucking companies, owner/operators, truck drivers and logistics professionals working in the Canadian trucking industry.


Have your say


This is a moderated forum. Comments will no longer be published unless they are accompanied by a first and last name and a verifiable email address. (Today's Trucking will not publish or share the email address.) Profane language and content deemed to be libelous, racist, or threatening in nature will not be published under any circumstances.

*