Rail

K+N sets sights on VTG

Germany-headquartered tank container operator VTG and global logistics company Kuehne + Nagel are planning a merger of parts of their rail logistics activities, the companies say.

New EAC List

NCEC has published the 2013 Emergency Action Code (EAC) List, which is effective as from July 1.

Track back

RAIL Although the applicability of the RID Regulations is broadening, operators and users still need to interface with a different legal structure to the east, in both regulatory and technical areas. Smoothing this interface is likely to be one of the most demanding tasks of the new RID standing working group

Wascosa rail tank

Botlek by rail

Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) has completed its new rail loading/unloading station and shipped its first cargo out on April 2.

KW to build crude-by-rail facility in Houston

KW Express LLC has entered into a long-term agreement with Mercuria Energy Trading to construct a 210,000 bpd crude-by-rail project at the Greens Port Industrial Park on the Houston Ship Channel.

Restrained growth for VTG

Germany-headquartered rail logistics provider and tank container operator VTG brought in revenue of €767m during 2012, a 2.3% increase over the 2011 figure.

Brenntag upgrades in Dakotas

Brenntag is upgrading its Brenntag Pacific site in Dickinson, North Dakota in order to satisfy demand from customers in the high-growth North Dakota oil and gas market.

Rail rallying

OIL January became another month during which shale play energy production in North America drove big announcements regarding rail infrastructure developments

Train carrying shale in the snow

Rail services open at Oiltanking Nanjing

Oiltanking Nanjing has opened a railcar loading/unloading facility at its terminal in the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in Jiangsu province, China.

The shale rail pipeline

RAIL Shale play energy production in North America continues to drive new business for rail tank operators and manufacturers as infrastructure develops, while opportunities for rail movements of liquids in bulk are opening up in other territories too

Shale train
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