March 18, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Daily Republic, March 18, 2016) BENICIA, Calif. — More than four hours of staff and Valero testimony this week ended with the oil company asking the Benicia City Council for a delay and the city moving forward with its public hearing process. Valero will seek...
March 18, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, March 17, 2016) CALGARY — A rail company is getting ready to launch a feasibility study this spring into its plan to send trains full of oilsands bitumen from Fort McMurray, Alta., to Alaska. Full story: The Province
March 18, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Montreal Gazette, March 15, 2016) MONTREAL — Vaudreuil-Dorion has installed new speed-limit signs along freight train tracks that evoke the tragedy of the deadly Lac-Mégantic crude oil shipment derailment of 2013. The signs read, “I remember Lac-Megantic,...
March 16, 2016 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, March 15, 2016) NEW YORK — BNSF Railway Co. won’t face a refining industry challenge to the $1,000 surcharge the nation’s largest oil hauler slapped on older-model tank cars it claimed can’t safely ship highly volatile crude from shale formations...
March 16, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News, March 15, 2016) OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) and Transport Canada (TC) have responded to a pair of recent Globe and Mail reports, which cited “an expert source” working in the rail...
March 15, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Houston Chronicle, March 14, 2016) HOUSTON — Declining prices and extra pipeline capacity have shrunk U.S. crude by rail shipments, according to an analysis by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Full story: www.fuelfix.com
March 15, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, March 14, 2016) MONTREAL — Advocates for rail safety in Lac-Mégantic say their meeting with federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau was “positive” despite emerging with no clear timeline for their demands. Full story: CBC...
March 11, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Editorial in the Montreal Gazette, March 10, 2016) MONTREAL — The Lac-Mégantic disaster of 2013 prompted some welcome safety improvements in the transport of oil by train. For example, rail companies are now required to disclose to cities which dangerous...
March 11, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 9, 2016) TORONTO — The head of the Transportation Safety Board has suggested Canada’s rail safety regulations need to be tightened after revelations that a 10-second safety procedure could have prevented the Lac-Mégantic disaster, in...
March 11, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Railway Age, March 11, 2016) NEW YORK — The reputation of Canada’s much-criticized rail regulator is being further pummeled, both by its elected master and by the union representing lineside safety inspectors. Full story: Railway Age
