February 3, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, January 31, 2020) CALGARY — Canada’s Imperial Oil Ltd. on Friday vowed to move more crude-by-rail to take most advantage of exemptions on production curtailments imposed by the Alberta government. Full story: Reuters
January 30, 2020 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: Revelstoke Review, January 29, 2020) REVELSTOKE, B.C. — A runaway train car carrying grain through Field was recently reported to the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) by CP Rail. The rail company confirmed the incident happened on January 14. Full story:...
January 21, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Freight Waves, January 21, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Canadian grain groups are taking a fresh look at pressing government officials to enact legislation that would address how the country can continue shipping grain and grain products in the event of a...
January 21, 2020 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: Winnipeg Free Press, January 20, 2020) WINNIPEG — The number of rail accidents involving dangerous goods more than doubled in Canada in 2018. There were 25 accidents involving dangerous goods in 2018, involving one death, according to Transport Canada data...
December 23, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, December 20, 2019) HOUSTON — Canadian exports of crude by rail fell 15.5% in October from the previous month after the country’s heavy oil became too expensive near the source to support increased shipments on train cars. Full...
December 19, 2019 | Canada, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 17, 2019) NEW YORK — Doug Ford, the Province of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Premier, has axed Hamilton’s DBFOM (design, build, finance, operate, maintain) B-Line light rail project, only months after he said publicly that the...
December 19, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, December 18, 2019) CALGARY — Canadian shipments of crude by rail are poised to surge next year, spurring investment in new export infrastructure. Crude-by-rail capacity in Alberta is expected to grow by 100,000 barrels a day in December after the...
December 4, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, December 3, 2019) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Some of Canada’s sludge-like heavy oil will move in an even thicker form on railways in an effort to avoid pipeline bottlenecks and reduce risks. Full story: Reuters
December 4, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, December 3, 2019) OTTAWA — Production of crude oil in Canada will grow nearly 50 per cent by 2040 even though energy use per person will decline by more than 15 per cent, according to a long-term outlook released Tuesday by the Canada Energy...
December 3, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: OilPrice.com, December 2, 2019) CALGARY — Due to continued shortage of oil pipelines to take Canada’s oil to markets, Canadian producers plan to remove diluents from their oil sands production so they can load more of the heavy oil onto railcars than they...
