According to Statistics
Canada, he volume of rail freight carried in
Canada totaled 29.0 million tons in December, an 11.5 percent increase from the same month a year earlier.
Domestic rail freight originating in
Canada and destined within
Canada and other parts of the world rose 12.9 percent to 25.7 million tons. These shipments are composed of non-intermodal freight and intermodal freight.
Non-intermodal freight increased 11.6 percent to 282,000 carloads. The amount of freight loaded into these cars totaled 23.1 million tons, up 12.8 percent. The rise was attributable to increased freight loadings in several commodity groupings, particularly iron ores and concentrates (up 968,000 tons) and potash (up 511,000 tons).
Intermodal freight loadings rose 12.8 percent to 173,000 units in December. From a tonnage perspective, traffic advanced 13.7 percent to 2.6 million tons. The gain stemmed primarily from an increase in containerized cargo shipments.
Traffic received from the United States rose 1.7 percent to 3.3 million tons. The rise was the result of an increase in non-intermodal shipments.