This article has been reprinted from the June 13 USDA Grain Transportation Report.
Rail
U.S. Class I railroads originated 20,824 grain carloads for the week ending June 1.
This is 7 percent lower than the previous week, up 7 percent from last year, and 2 percent below the 3-year average.
Average June shuttle secondary railcar bids/offers (per car) were $339 above tariff for the week ending June 6.
This is $184 above last week and $176 higher than last year.
Average non-shuttle secondary railcar bids/offers were $125 above tariff, down $44 from last week. There were no non-shuttle bids/offers this week.
Barge
For the week ending June 8, data for barge grain movements is not available.
For the week ending June 8, data for grain barges moved down river is not available.
There were 383 grain barges unloaded in New Orleans, 14 percent lower than the previous week.
Ocean
For the week ending June 6, 30 ocean-going grain vessels were loaded in the Gulf.
This is 3 percent less than the same period last year.
Forty-five vessels are expected to be loaded within the next 10 days. This is 7 percent more than the same period last year.
As of June 6, the rate for shipping a metric ton (mt) of grain from the U.S. Gulf to Japan was $43.75. This is 1 percent less than the previous week.
The rate from the Pacific Northwest to Japan was $24.00 per mt, a 1 percent decrease from the previous week.
Fuel
For the week ending June 10, the U.S. average diesel fuel price decreased 3.1 cents, from the previous week, to $3.105 per gallon.
This price is 16.1 cents below the same week last year.