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VIDEO: Fire damages Vancouver port coal terminal

No injuries were reported after a machinery fire damaged a marine coal terminal at the Port of Vancouver.

Video posted on social media showed thick black smoke billowing from the blaze at Westshore Terminals on Friday at Roberts Bank, British Columbia. The fire was extinguished by local first responders, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority said in a statement. Operations at the terminal, just over the U.S. border, and at a neighboring facility operated by GCT Deltaport were temporarily shut down.

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Intermodal powers to record volume

Recovery flows and the looming threat of an East Coast port strike helped push intermodal volume to record highs for the week ending Sept. 14.

The Association of American Railroads on Wednesday reported U.S. rail traffic was 522,557 carloads and intermodal units, up 6.8% from the same week in 2023.

Intermodal volume soared to 290,403 containers and trailers, up 13% compared to the same week in 2023 and ahead of all other carloads for the week ending Sept. 14 at 232,154 carloads, unchanged from a...

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Environmentalists block Newcastle port, demanding rejection of new coal projects and 75% tax for clean energy transition

Environmental activists from Rising Tide blocked the Port of Newcastle, the world’s largest coal […]

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BNSF and coal exporter reach settlement

Western U.S. Class I railroad BNSF and coal producer Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC) have reached a settlement on NTEC’s claims it needs more service from BNSF to export coal.

They told the Surface Transportation Board in a Thursday filing to postpone further action on the dispute until Jan. 8, 2024, which is when they expect the settlement to be concluded.

NTEC and BNSF (NYSE: BRK-B) “have recently reached a settlement agreement to resolve the matter,” the two said in the filing. They...

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NTSB investigating deadly BNSF coal train derailment in Colorado

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The National Transportation Safety Board is sending investigators after a BNSF coal train derailed...

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Environmental groups push to clamp down on coal dust from trains

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Sierra Club and other environmental groups want the Environmental Protection Agency to compel...

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