Canada Moves Ahead with Phase-Out of Old Railway Oil Cars April 29, 2014 By Randall Palmer Canada will require that older rail cars used for carrying crude oil be phased out by May 2017, the government...
Buffett’s Railway Backs Costly Oil Transport Safety Standards March 5, 2014 By Thomas Black and J. Kyle O’Donnell A push by Warren Buffett’s railroad to boost oil-shipment safety is meeting resistance from Hess Corp. and other companies that...
Safety Standards for Rail Tank Cars Coming Soon January 10, 2014 By Patrick Rucker U.S. officials have promised to issue within weeks new safety standards for the kind of tank cars involved in a...