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In Casselton, DOT Secretary Foxx discusses tank car safety efforts
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2014) CASSELTON, N.D. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday during his visit to the site of a fiery oil train derailment in North Dakota that his office plans next week to outline options for enhancing...
Oil industry scrambles to retrofit rail cars
(Source: Globe and Mail, April 24, 2014) OTTAWA and TORONTO -- Oil producers in Canada and the United States could see their plans for aggressive expansion of crude-by-rail short-circuited if American regulators follow Ottawa’s lead and force the industry to retire or...
Trailing Canada, U.S. starts a push for saver oil shipping
(Source: New York Times, April 24, 2014) NEW YORK -- A day after Canada issued stringent new rules for the transportation of oil by rail, federal regulators in the United States said on Thursday that they would push forward their own tank standards next week,...
Rail transloading facility proposed for Richardton, N.D.
(Source: The Forum, April 23, 2014) RICHARDTON, N.D. -- A $50 million rail terminal has been proposed for about a half-mile east of Richardton in southeast North Dakota. Grand Forks-based SBG Energy Services applied for the rezoning. The application emphasizes the...
MTA, LIRR unions extend push for contract deal in second PEB
(Source: Newsday, April 23, 2014) NEW YORK -- A Presidential Emergency Board session between MTA managers and LIRR unions extends into a fourth day Thursday, with negotiators on both sides trying to broker a deal to avert shutting down the nation's largest commuter...
Hoffa: Remembering our Brothers and Sisters on Workers’ Memorial Day 2014
(Source: Statement by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, April 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “Each year we mark Workers’ Memorial Day as a time to remember and honor our fallen brothers and sisters in the labor movement. In the United States, Canada and many...
Buffett: No need for more BNSF rail car buys on Keystone Pipeline delay
(Source: Reuters, April 23, 2014) NEW YORK -- Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway , said on Wednesday the company's BNSF railroad unit probably will not need to expand its rail car purchases as a result of delays in the Keystone pipeline construction....
Oregon DOT backs down from plan to limit disclosure of oil train shipment info
(Source: The Oregonian, April 23, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Transportation reversed direction Wednesday on a plan to stop asking railroads for annual reports showing where crude oil moves in the state. Full story: www.oregonlive.com
Outgoing NTSB chief leery of oil train safety
(Source: The Hill, April 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) warned in one of her final public appearances that the safety of freight rail trains carrying crude oil has been compromised “far too often"...
NTSB: Feds should use emergency powers to address oil train safety
(Source: The Journal News, April 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal regulators should use their emergency powers to make moving crude oil and ethanol by rail safer in the foreseeable future, the chairman of the National Transportation Board said Wednesday. Full...
