GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) today reported traffic volumes for January 2011.
GWI’s traffic in January 2011 was 82,735 carloads, an increase of 17,579 carloads, or 27.0 percent, compared with January 2010.
The table below sets forth consolidated carloading information for January 2011 and January 2010. Additional carload information for our North American and Australian operations is included as an exhibit to this press release.
| Genesee & Wyoming Inc. | |||||||||||||||
| by Commodity Group | January | January | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2010 | % Change | |||||||||||||
| Consolidated: | |||||||||||||||
| Coal & Coke | 18,863 | 16,369 | 15.2% | ||||||||||||
| Minerals & Stone | 9,964 | 9,337 | 6.7% | ||||||||||||
| Farm & Food Products | 9,795 | 6,720 | 45.8% | ||||||||||||
| Pulp & Paper | 8,620 | 6,978 | 23.5% | ||||||||||||
| Metals | 7,336 | 6,013 | 22.0% | ||||||||||||
| Lumber & Forest Products | 5,200 | 4,753 | 9.4% | ||||||||||||
| Chemicals & Plastics | 4,866 | 4,240 | 14.8% | ||||||||||||
| Intermodal* | 4,673 | 185 | NM | ||||||||||||
| Petroleum Products | 2,852 | 2,875 | -0.8% | ||||||||||||
| Metallic Ores | 2,244 | 820 | 173.7% | ||||||||||||
| Autos & Auto Parts | 877 | 808 | 8.5% | ||||||||||||
| Other | 7,445 | 6,058 | 22.9% | ||||||||||||
| Total carloads | 82,735 | 65,156 | 27.0% | ||||||||||||
| * - Represents intermodal units | |||||||||||||||
Excluding 5,826 carloads from the FreightLink Acquisition(1), which closed December 1, 2010, same-railroad traffic in January 2011 increased 11,753 carloads, or 18.0 percent, compared with January 2010. The increase was principally due to a 3,075 carload increase in farm & food products, primarily in GWI’s Australia Region, and a 2,494 carload increase in coal & coke traffic, primarily in GWI’s New York/Ohio/Pennsylvania and Illinois Regions. All remaining traffic increased by a net 6,184 carloads.
The carloads in this press release include 1,375 carloads in January 2011 and 1,162 carloads in January 2010 from the Huron Central Railway (HCRY). On June 15, 2009, GWI announced its intent to discontinue operations of HCRY. After negotiations with certain customers and government entities, HCRY entered into an interim agreement to continue operations. Because of the nature of the temporary agreement, during this interim period, which lasted from August 15, 2009 through December 31, 2010, GWI did not include HCRY’s carloads in its monthly carloading press release. On January 1, 2011 HCRY started operating under a new agreement with certain customers and GWI has resumed including HCRY traffic in its monthly carloading press release. To facilitate comparison to the prior year in this press release, GWI has included HCRY carloads from January 2010 which were not previously included in the press release for the same period in 2010.
Since acquiring FreightLink, GWI is reporting two new commodity groups, Intermodal and Metallic Ores. Intermodal units included in freight revenues are reported consistent with the Association of American Railroads (AAR) convention. Previously, intermodal traffic was reported on a carload basis and included in the Other commodity group. The change in reporting intermodal traffic on a unit basis rather than on a carload basis increases previously reported January 2010 volume by an additional 132 carloads. Metallic Ores traffic had previously been included in three commodity groups: Coal, Coke & Ores, Minerals & Stone and Metals.
Historically, GWI has found that carload information may be indicative of freight revenues on its railroads, but may not be indicative of total revenues, operating expenses, operating income or net income. Car movements related to railcar switching, including activities at port terminals, are excluded from our carload information as the resulting revenues are classified as non-freight.
GWI owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands. Operations currently include 63 railroads organized in nine regions, with approximately 7,400 miles of owned and leased track and approximately 1,800 additional miles under track access arrangements. GWI provides rail service at 16 ports in North America and Europe and performs contract coal loading and railcar switching for industrial customers.
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On December 1, 2010 GWI purchased certain assets from FreightLink Pty Ltd (receivers and managers appointed) (FL), Asia Pacific Transport Pty Ltd (receivers and managers appointed) (APT) and the other APT joint venture sellers (together with FL and APT, “FreightLink Acquisition” or "FreightLink") |
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The table below sets forth North American carloading information for January 2011 and January 2010:
| January | January | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2010 | % Change | |||||||||||||
| North American Operations: | |||||||||||||||
| Coal & Coke | 18,863 | 16,369 | 15.2% | ||||||||||||
| Pulp & Paper | 8,620 | 6,978 | 23.5% | ||||||||||||
| Metals | 7,336 | 6,013 | 22.0% | ||||||||||||
| Lumber & Forest Products | 5,200 | 4,753 | 9.4% | ||||||||||||
| Chemicals & Plastics | 4,866 | 4,240 | 14.8% | ||||||||||||
| Farm & Food Products | 4,720 | 4,525 | 4.3% | ||||||||||||
| Minerals & Stone | 4,131 | 4,072 | 1.4% | ||||||||||||
| Petroleum Products | 2,827 | 2,875 | -1.7% | ||||||||||||
| Metallic Ores | 930 | 820 | 13.4% | ||||||||||||
| Autos & Auto Parts | 877 | 808 | 8.5% | ||||||||||||
| Intermodal* | 186 | 185 | 0.5% | ||||||||||||
| Other | 7,445 | 6,058 | 22.9% | ||||||||||||
| Total carloads | 66,001 | 57,696 | 14.4% | ||||||||||||
| * - Represents intermodal units | |||||||||||||||
The table below sets forth Australian carloading information for January 2011 and January 2010:
| January | January | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2010 | % Change | |||||||||||||
| Australian Operations: | |||||||||||||||
| Minerals & Stone | 5,833 | 5,265 | 10.8% | ||||||||||||
| Farm & Food Products | 5,075 | 2,195 | 131.2% | ||||||||||||
| Intermodal* | 4,487 | - | NM | ||||||||||||
| Metallic Ores | 1,314 | - | NM | ||||||||||||
| Petroleum Products | 25 | - | NM | ||||||||||||
| Total carloads | 16,734 | 7,460 | 124.3% | ||||||||||||
| * - Represents intermodal units | |||||||||||||||