GLG News by Rail Shipping Service Experts

    The court decision striking down the Clean Air Interstate Rule will have an affect on SO2 allowances and the SO2 premium earned by coal suppliers.

    The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit striking down the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) will affect emissions control spending in the immediate term.

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the EPA’s Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) to reduce NOx and SO2 in 28 Eastern United States.  This follows a court decision striking down EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR).      ...

    Railroads, unlike airlines and trucking firms, are able to pass along the high cost of fuel in  transportation agreements.  Below discusses this and the value to the railroads for coal transportation.

A second container vessel will make weekly stops at CN’s container terminal in Prince Rupert BC potentially bringing 1000 more containers per week to CN for movement to the Midwest and possibly raising the terminal’s inbound volume to over 2,000 containers per week.  At that volume, more than one...

The Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) versus Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) approaches have already been previously written about - including from me last week. The referenced article shows us one coming approach that may replace the need for urea (ammonia) in SCR applications. More SCR options are...

JHT Holdings, Kenosha, Wis., is filing a "pre-packaged" Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. Officials of the company are optimistic the company has support of lenders in a plan that would provide $25 million in financing while reducing its debt by 40 percent. JHT's move follows the June 13 closing of...

Brazil has made requests directly to President Bush (on his trip to Brazil last year) to remove the tariff.  Won't happen.  Of the 177 US ethanol plants now operating or nearing completion, the vast majority are farmer coop owned.  The high price of corn (inputs) makes the crush spread...

Hawaii is as liberal, meddlesome, and socialist as any foreign nation I could imagine.  Why not let market forces dictate decisions that are optimum?

  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's scheme to charge drivers $8 per vehicle to drive in lower Manhattan during business hours was attacked by drivers, the trucking industry and eventually was shot down by the New York State legislature in Albany.   But the combination of $4.50 per-gallon...