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Commentary

May 10, 2021
Regulatory

STB Action Creates More Equitable Demurrage Approach

Picture a customer who receives a hefty invoice from an auto repair shop with several additional charges and no details regarding the nature of these fees. The customer is left facing the question of whether to dispute the bill, and if so, how. Such has been the experience of U.S. rail shippers in recent decades when receiving invoices from the railroads for demurrage charges, which are applied by railroads for costs incurred when shipments are held up beyond a reasonable time.

May 19, 2020
Podcasts

AFPM Senior Director Rob Benedict: Rail Group On Air Podcast

American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers Senior Director, Petrochemicals, Transportation and Infrastructure Rob Benedict talks with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono about safety, regulatory and legislative matters involving AFPM member companies and

Commentary

February 26, 2020
Class I

Safety is a Shared Responsibility

The U.S. rail system is one of the safest in the world, but to achieve the vision of a system with zero incidents, the entire rail industry must work collaboratively to reduce risk.

May 19, 2014
Regulatory

Refiners’ lobby says DOT-111 is “fine” for shipping Bakken crude

Operators of the U.S. fleet of DOT-111 tank cars are fighting the emerging consensus that the cars and their contents are the key culprits in the succession of oil train conflagrations that started last July 6 at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.