http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 7:02:22 EDT ACC, the Association of American Railroads (AAR; Washington), and other groups joined together recently to file a petition asking the Department of Transportation (DOT) to authorize federal... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/13772.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Consumers United for Rail Equity (Cure; Washington), a coalition of freight rail shipper groups including chemical and ethanol producers, are calling on Congress to pass railroad reform... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/13809.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Borouge (Abu Dhabi), a petrochemicals joint venture in which Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. holds 60% and Borealis 40%, says it has awarded a $220-million service contract to Agility (Abu Dhabi)... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/13523.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The upper Mississippi River flood zone continues to cause shipment delays and force some carriers to declare force majeure or embargo traffic. Railroads and barge operators say that floodwaters... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/12737.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT The upper Mississippi River flood zone, created by storms and severe weather that started in May, continues to cause shipment delays and force some carriers  to declare force majeure... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/12657.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Rail shipper group Consumers United for Rail Equity (Cure; Washington) says it has asked the Senate to reject the Bush Administration’s recent nomination of Husein Cumber as a member of... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/12213.html Mon, 2 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Odfjell and Stolt-Nielsen were among the companies under scrutiny.... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/11856.html Fri, 9 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT The rail industry’s common carrier obligation is not absolute and consideration of what is a “reasonable” shipper request should take into account the industry’s current... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/11746.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Supply of hydrochloric acid (HCl) in Europe is expected to increase by more than 330,000 m.t. between 2007 and 2010, according to a recently released report by consulting firm Harriman Chemsult... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/11772.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Rail shippers urged lawmakers last week to pass legislation that would increase competition in the rail sector and government oversight of railroad practices. “Rail customers continually... http://www.chemweek.com/services/transportation/11586.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT