Tag: transportation
Navigating the capacity crunch
In his article, Navigating the Capacity Crunch, Jaron Klopstein with Motus Logistics discusses how capacity, crunch and crisis are three words that have gone hand-in-hand over the last couple years.
Chemical Safety Excellence Award
CSX Corporation, a supplier of rail-based freight transportation in North America, recently recognized 64 customers for their commitment to the safe transportation of hazardous materials with CSX’s annual Chemical Safety Excellence Award.
East Coast buyers purchasing West Texas Crude
U.S. East Coast refiners are shipping more shale oil from the Gulf Coast thanks to discounts for West Texas crude. These refiners are also looking to bring in more shale oil more via rail, however, supply bottlenecks are making it difficult to secure more barrels.
Norfolk Southern highlights customers who ship safely
Norfolk Southern, one of the country’s biggest transportation companies, has awarded its 2017 Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award to 52 of its chemical customers in recognition of their safe handling of rail-shipped products.
TransCanada seeks okay for LA Cameron Access
TransCanada Corp's Columbia Gulf Transmission unit has filed with U.S. federal energy regulators to commence service on its Cameron Access natural gas project in Louisiana on March 1, 2018.
Safer rail car with release valve wins prize
Iman Chalabi a third-year student in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering has won the top prize in the 2015 Minerva Canada James Ham Safe Design Awards for designing a system that renders crude oil cargo non-flammable in the event of train derailment or collision.
Tesoro’s new rail cars have outlet valves
Tesoro Corporation announced today that Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC (Tesoro) is upgrading its crude oil rail car fleet with the addition of 210 enhanced tank cars that exceed new safe transport standards that were issued by the U.