Tag: Oil Transportation
Wisconsin oil spill clean up continues, residents kept away
Wisconsin oil spill: 109 oil cars derailed WATERTOWN, Wis. _ Contractors worked to clear more than a dozen derailed cars of a loaded Canadian Pacific Railway train Monday after thousands of litres of crude oil spilled from one tanker, causing the evacuation of a neighbourhood in a small southern Wisconsin city. Residents who evacuated dozens […]
Despite oil train wrecks, record auto recalls, GOP bill looks to roll back safety rules
Oil train provision in bill would block new DOT train regulations WASHINGTON – At a time of record auto recalls and high-profile oil train wrecks, Republicans are working on legislation to roll back safety regulation of the auto and railroad industries. A bill approved this week on a party-line vote by a Senate committee brims with industry-sought […]
Low oil prices, coal demand slow CSX company profit this year
Workforce reduction expected at CSX OMAHA, Neb. – CSX expects faltering demand for coal and crude oil to slow profit growth this year, but the railroad will limit expenses and work to raise rates to compensate. Railroad executives said Wednesday it will be difficult to deliver results near the upper end of their forecast for mid-to-high single-digit earnings […]
Rail Safety: CP Rail officials take aim at US braking system regs
Rail safety regulations announced by Canadian, US transportation officials Top executives at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. are objecting to new US rail safety rules that would require a new braking system meant to stop derailments. Chief operating officer Keith Creel says the push for electronically controlled pneumatic brakes isn’t based on valid science and there […]
Safer oil by rail transport still can’t compete with pipeline safety
Oil by rail increased from 42,000 BBL in 2010 to almost 42 million in 2014 By Kenneth P. Green and Taylor Jackson for Troy Media On May 1, 2015, an interesting thing happened. The United States and Canada came to agreement about transporting oil and other flammable liquids. No, they did not agree to build more pipelines […]
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