22nd September 2017 According to South African rail, port and pipeline company Transnet, increasing rail capacity in South Africa is critical for unlocking coal export opportunities, both for neighbouring African countries and for the domestic market. (miningweekly.com)
BNSF Railway, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, is investing $ 220 million to improve rail capacity in North Dakota — home of the massive Bakken oil and gas field. (nbr.com)
Railways, who added crude by rail capacity earlier this decade only to have the market vanish as pipeline space opened up, have been slow to move back in the oil transport business, asking producers to sign longer - term deals. (cnbc.com)