Sentences with phrase «tanker cars transporting»

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The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday issued new proposed rules on tankers transporting oil including quickly phasing out the use of old DOT - 111 rail cars for moving crude oil and other hazardous liquids.

CFACT Senior Policy Analyst Paul Driessen laments the long, arduous battle to open the Keystone XL pipeline — an action that would eliminate the need for 1,225 railroad tanker cars per day (450,000 per year) or 3,500 semi-trailer tanker trucks daily (1,275,000 annually) that currently transport oil to refineries, saving lives and costs and creating jobs in rural America.

Ethanol is currently transported mainly by tanker truck or rail cars because it can not be shipped in existing gasoline pipelines.