Sentences with phrase «rail capacity»

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.

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.

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.

Foye spoke with reporters after an unrelated press conference on the Gateway Project, which will expand rail capacity under the Hudson River — which both Cuomo and Christie have finally committed Port Authority money to after years of resistance.

Canada's energy producers are struggling as increased oil sands output has run up against a lack of new export pipelines and tight rail capacity, sending the differential between Canadian oil prices and the U.S. crude benchmark to multi-year highs.

The discount, however, is expected to ease through the year as more rail capacity becomes available to ship oil, bringing the expected cost to roughly $ 10.7 billion or 0.5 per cent of GDP for 2018 and then to $ 7 billion or 0.3 per cent of GDP a year until more pipeline capacity comes online.

Electrification of rail, a global phenomena (with, sigh, a major exception in the US / Canadian market), has significant positive impacts: Improved rail capacity with no other change, roughly 15 % improvement in capacity due increased efficiency in braking / acceleration Interesting options for improving grid reliability, connections, etc... rail right of way as viable for power lines Reduced -LSB-...]

This is seen as evidence of the «national benefit» of HS2 because it raises the benefits to ports such as Felixstowe and Southampton, which are struggling with rail capacity.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie canceled the first attempt to get extra rail capacity built in 2010.

Moreover, to meet current industry growth projections, both KXL and substantial new rail capacity would be needed.

In particular, the Board of Trade would like to see focus expanded to include other projects necessary to the growth of our region, such as the replacement of the George Massey Tunnel, improved port and rail capacity across the region, and a six - lane replacement for the aging Pattullo Bridge in cooperation with TransLink.

Guidance from pipeline company Enbridge Inc. that it will modestly reallocate some light oil pipeline space on its Mainline for heavy crude and additional rail capacity smoothed the flow of oil, analysts have said.

The letter to Garneau called for «a more pro-active and more predictable response to rail capacity issues,» adding that «speedy passage (of Bill C - 49) will do nothing to alleviate the immediate crisis for grain or any other commodity.»

The $ 30 billion Gateway Program to double rail capacity between New York and New Jersey has hit a delay in its environmental review process.

Priority for non safety and security funds is provided to projects for the repair, rehabilitation, or upgrade of railroad assets or infrastructure, and for capital projects that expand passenger rail capacity, including the rehabilitation of Amtrak's fleet.

He claimed that reliance on railroads to move tar sands oil meant that less rail capacity was available to transport coal and other things.

When completed in 2010, it should see 20 % increased rail capacity into the CBD during peak periods.

But a growing number of analysts and market watchers say the combination of increased rail capacity and alternative pipeline projects has made the cross-border segment redundant.

Canadian energy producers are struggling as increased oil sands output has run up against a lack of new export pipelines and tight rail capacity, sending the differential between Canadian oil prices and the U.S. crude benchmark to multi-year highs.

The mayor started his day with a tour of the produce market at Hunts Point, a massive hub in the city's food supply where the city has invested in bigger buildings and more rail capacity.

Conservative transport spokesman Theresa Villiers said the government was pushing up train fares «in a bid to price people off the railways and disguise their own glaring failure to provide extra rail capacity.»

However, the most important question will be how well Amtrak leverages the new funds to improve service, expand rail capacity, and service new markets.

Canadian producers had hoped a return to full capacity on the line would help relieve a bottleneck in the oil - rich province of Alberta, where increased output has run up against a shortage of pipeline and rail capacity.

«If Keystone does not get approved, the rail capacity is going to be there,» Phil Skolnick, managing director and senior oil and gas analyst at Canaccord, said in an interview.

«It's all about the rail capacity,» Mr. Skolnick said.

Accelerated investment in ship - loading and rail capacity has been undertaken over the past year to match expanding iron ore production.

Without the ability to reach these Asian energy markets through new oil and gas pipelines, rail capacity and port facilities, our potential will remain unrealized.

Exports of processed metals do not place a large burden on domestic port and rail capacity, while oil and LNG are usually exported from the fields directly.

A return to full capacity on the line is also expected to help relieve a bottleneck in the oil - producing province of Alberta, where increased output has run up against a shortage of pipeline and rail capacity.

Hughes argues that there is enough existing pipeline and rail capacity to handle a 45 per cent ramp up in the oil sands production.

«The report backs up our concerns as the original High Speed 1 business case was based on journey time saving benefits and increased rail capacity.

South Wales and the West Midlands will also see electrification, while existing lines in the congested London area will see increased rail capacity.

Yes, HS2 does have the potential to increase rail capacity and ease overcrowding on some of our commuter lines by freeing up capacity.

No one wants to see this become a reality and it proves HS2 is the only viable long - term option for increasing rail capacity.

The spokesman added that Heathrow is committed to increasing sustainable public transport to the airport and looks forward to the arrival of Crossrail next May as part of plans to treble Heathrow's rail capacity by 2040.

This is the sort of planning we need to be doing on a national scale all the way down to community levels in our rail capacity.

So if we are to maintain mobility and things like shipping food to our stores, we have to be building rail capacity to expand at that same rate (or faster) as oil depletion.

The rail capacity consumed by coal trains limit expansion of passenger trains and impairs trains ability to cost - effectively and quickly transport Washington's other products.

The export capacity is the limiting factor to production — which the industry body figures show could utilise all mooted pipeline routes and increased rail capacity.

In 2014, government passed the Fair Grain Farmers Act, which gives farmers increased access to rail capacity.