ETI Blog Posts by Clifton Linton
09/14/2020 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider tank car lease rates featured in Sept 2020 LP Gas Magazine
07/10/2020 | Clifton Linton
Market Looks at Crude by Rail Solution with Two Crude Pipelines in Question
06/25/2020 | Clifton Linton
If natural gas producers could ship liquified natural gas (LNG) by rail — would they, or could they?
04/08/2020 | Clifton Linton
Long Tank Cars, Short Storage
04/06/2020 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Rail Car sublease price collection methodology
12/08/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates Assessment for Nov. 8, 2019 week
07/08/2019 | Clifton Linton
Get your complimentary copy of Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates Assessment
06/10/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates Assessment for June 7 week: Pressure tank car sublease rates soften; general purpose tank car sublease rates mixed.
05/17/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates Assessment for May 17 week: Pressure tank car sublease rates eased; general purpose tank car sublease rates were mixed.
05/16/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Rail Car sublease price collection methodology - Updated May 2019
04/25/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates Assessment for April 19 week: Pressure tank car rates rise; general purpose tank cars sublease rates mixed
04/05/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates Assessment for April 5 week: Pressure tank car, general purpose tank cars sublease rates mixed
03/28/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates for March 29: Pressure tank car, general purpose tank cars sublease rates mixed in light trading
03/21/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates for March 22: Pressure tank car, general purpose tank cars sublease rates generally weaker
03/15/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates for March 15: Pressure tank car sublease rates, general purpose tank cars sublease rates mixed
03/08/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates for March 8: Pressure car, GP tank car rates firmer
03/01/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates for March 1: Pressure car rates slip, GP tank car rates firm
02/28/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Rail Car sublease price collection methodology
02/14/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates: Pressure car, GP rates mixed
02/10/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates: Pressure Car, GP Car Lease Rates Fall
02/01/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates: Pressure car rates rise, GP rates ease
01/25/2019 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider's Weekly Tank Car Sub-lease Rates: Pressure car rates fall, GP rates mixed
12/17/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Tank Car Sublease Rates Flat as Winter Heating Season Reaches Full Swing; Energy Transport Insider’s Top 10 Transport Topics of 2018/2019; One Model to Estimate the Edmonton LPG Hub’s Tank Car Loading Volume; and more . . .
12/03/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s Tips on Buying Rail Cars
12/02/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: Tank Car Sublease Rates Unchanged, but Market Participants Watchful; Winter Plan Designed to Keep CN’s Traffic Moving in 2018-2019; and more . . .
11/19/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Tank Car Sublease Rates Continue to Climb as Players Ponder Elevated Levels; LPG by Rail Insight: Longer Length of Hauls in 2018 Contributed to Increased Pressure Tank Car Demand; CN Lists Edmonton, Sarnia Facilities Covered by LPG Emb
11/12/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Tank Car and DOT-117 Sublease Rates Higher, If You Can Get ‘Em; Energy Transfer Partners Reiterates Q4 2018 Target for ME2 Open; Edmonton, Awash in Butane, Triggers CN Embargo on Empty Tank Cars; NTSB Outlines Issues Contributing to Se
11/05/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Trade Sideways, GP Rates Firm; KCS Sees Congestion in Northern Mexico; AltaGas Set to Load First Exports Out of RIPET in 2Q 2019; and more . . .
10/26/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Stay Strong as Cars Remain Hard to Find; Blackline’s Providence Terminal Buy to Make Company Dominant Propane Supplier to New England; Sunoco Spokeswoman Says ME2 Project on Target for 2018 Opening; Refiner
10/26/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Stay Strong as Cars Remain Hard to Find; Blackline’s Providence Terminal Buy to Make Company Dominant Propane Supplier to New England; Sunoco Spokeswoman Says ME2 Project on Target for 2018 Opening; Refiner
10/24/2018 | Clifton Linton
NS Jumps on the PSR Trend
10/22/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease at Top of Range; GP and LPG Tank Car Sublease Rates at Levels Not Seen Since 2013-2014; LPG Marine Terminals . . . and Modal Diversion; and more . . .
10/18/2018 | Clifton Linton
HEADLINES YOU NEED TO READ: Sen. Chuck Schumer Launches Push for Freight Carriers to Expand Notification System for Hazmat Shipments
10/15/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI Featured Article: Gas Producers Flush with Y-Grade, Looking at Tank Cars as Transport Option
10/15/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Steady; Loaded LPG Tank Car Moves Slip 1.3% in Sept.; Shipping Y-grade by Rail Easier Said than Done; Canada Exported 48,000 b/d of LPG by Rail to Mexico in July – Sener; and more . . .
10/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI Featured Article: Wide North-South Propane, Butane Arb Fuels LPG Tank Car Sublease Rally
10/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Jump as ME2 Misses Open Date; Scotford Yard Upgrades Intended to Improve LPG Traffic and more . . .
10/04/2018 | Clifton Linton
UP Issues Embargo Laredo, Texas KCSM Interchange - Most Petroleum Traffic Exempted
10/02/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: Tank Car Sublease Markets See Mixed Week: LPG Car Supply Remains Tight; AltaGas’ RIPET’s 40,000 b/d Capacity Is Full, 1Q2019 Open Targeted; ONEOK Announces Additional NGL Fractionation and Pipeline Capacity; ETI SPECIAL REPORT: What’s the
09/26/2018 | Clifton Linton
AltaGas Fills RIPET's Capacity As it Buys 50% of Black Swan Aitken Creek Gas Processing Plants
09/26/2018 | Clifton Linton
ONEOK Announces Additional NGL Fractionation and Pipeline Capacity and Natural Gas Processing Capacity
09/20/2018 | Clifton Linton
PAPUC Resolves Dispute Involving Valve Station for Sunoco Pipeline’s Mariner East Project
09/18/2018 | Clifton Linton
What’s Old Is New Again at UP; Carrier to Adopt Precision Scheduled Railroading
09/17/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Stronger Amid Tight Car Supply; GP Tank Car Lease Rates Weaker; Wide North-South Propane, Butane Arb Fuels LPG Tank Car Sublease Rally; No Word Whether Gas Pipeline Explosion or Legislator Objections Will D
09/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Fall on Expectation of ME2 Opening; Strong CBR Demand Keeps DOT-117J Prices Supported; Energy Transport Insider Exclusive: Loaded LPG Tank Car Moves Up Over 5% August from July; Early Start to Crop Harvest
09/10/2018 | Clifton Linton
Enterprise Expanding LPG Export Capacity at Houston Ship Channel Terminal
09/07/2018 | Clifton Linton
UPDATE: Union Pacific Resumes Limited Service in Northern California Following Wildfire
09/05/2018 | Clifton Linton
BRIEF: Energy Transfer, Magellan Midstream, MPLX and Delek to Jointly Construct the “Permian Gulf Coast” or “PGC Pipeline” for Permian Basin Crude Oil Takeaway
09/04/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Largely Unch, Pipeline Restrictions Still a Consideration; FRA Q2 PTC Update Shows “Significant Improvement” in Adoption Rate; PA Supreme Court Denies Appeals, Leaves Way Clear for Q3 ME2 Target; CN Has a C
09/04/2018 | Clifton Linton
Sunoco Pipeline’s ME2 NGL Line on Track to Open by End of Sept. as Company Gives Construction Update
08/21/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: Near-term LPG Tank Car Sublease Rates Higher; Storage Play a Factor in Near-Term Tank Car Sublease Rate Increases; LPG Exports Driving Prince Rupert’s Climb to Canada’s 2nd Largest Port – Part 1
08/15/2018 | Clifton Linton
CN Appoints Four New Senior Executives
08/14/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Tank Car Lease Rates Inch Higher; ME2 Hydrostatic Testing Begins; CPC-1232 Tank Cars in BNSF’s Sights and more . . .
08/06/2018 | Clifton Linton
ME2 Pipeline In Final Construction Stages; Hydrostatic Testing Is Nearly Done, Too
08/06/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI's Top News -- LPG tank car lease rates on the rise; Injunctions lifted against ME2; Rail and the Permian Basin need each other; Crestwood sells W. Coast midstream assets and more . . .
08/02/2018 | Clifton Linton
UPDATE: PA PUC Suspends Most ME2 Injunctions, Construction Resumes in West Whiteland Township
08/02/2018 | Clifton Linton
PA PUC Discontinues Some ME2, ME2X Injunctions, Maintains Others Pending Environmental Permits
08/01/2018 | Clifton Linton
AltaGas: RIPET Construction is on-time, on budget; 75% of Terminal’s Supply has been Secured
07/30/2018 | Clifton Linton
Work Remains to be Done at Pembina’s Propane Export Terminal in Prince Rupert; Mid-2020 Opening Targeted
07/29/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI's Top News -- Tank car lease rates flat; Pembina's Prince Rupert Propane Export Terminal Update, Permian Will Need CBR for a While and more . . .
07/26/2018 | Clifton Linton
BNSF Said to Be Mulling DOT-117R Tank Car Restrictions for Crude Oil: Sources
07/25/2018 | Clifton Linton
AltaGas President and CEO David Harris Resigns; Company to be Led by Co-CEO's David Cornhill and Phillip Knoll on an Interim Basis
07/24/2018 | Clifton Linton
Crestwood Puts Orla Gas Plant in Service, Buys Ownership in Epic NGL Pipeline
07/23/2018 | Clifton Linton
Top news from ETI: Short-term LPG tank car supply tight, DOT-117Rs, Mexico Outlook and more
07/19/2018 | Clifton Linton
FRA Continues Investigation on DOT-117R Tank Cars; BNSF Still Carrying Them
07/17/2018 | Clifton Linton
CN Plans Upgrades to Scotford Yard
07/16/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI's Top News -- Tank car lease rates mixed; Ferndale LPG Exports, CN's Scotford Plans
07/09/2018 | Clifton Linton
Enterprise Begins Pipeline Open Season for Expansion of Refined Products Service Between Seymour, Indiana and Chicago
07/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
CN Making Western Canada Track Improvements to Prince Rupert -- an ETI Photo Story
07/07/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI's Top News - Tank car sublease rates generally higher, CP Inks Labor Deal with IBEW and more
07/01/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI's Top news: tank car lease rates, Canada's cannabis conundrum, Syncrude outage and more
06/21/2018 | Clifton Linton
Western Canada Still Working on Getting Energy to Market -- Themes as to how that could happen
06/19/2018 | Clifton Linton
Crossing Canada's Prairie
06/18/2018 | Clifton Linton
Getting a sense of Calgary
06/14/2018 | Clifton Linton
Phillips 66 to Expand Sweeny Hub with 300,000 BPD of New Fractionation Capacity
06/14/2018 | Clifton Linton
BNSF Files for PTC 2-year Extension: BNSF Locos Compliant, but Other RR Locos Not
06/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
Rangeland Begins Ops at STEPS Terminal in Corpus Christi, Plans to Ship Diesel to Mexico on the KCS
06/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
I’m headed to Canada. Bears were my big concern. Not any more after the G-7.
06/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
Trans Mountain Pipeline System and Expansion Project to Be Sold for C$4.5 Billion
06/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
Chester County Commissioners Urge PA PUC to Uphold Mariner East Suspension; Drilling Mud Leaks Near Snitz Creek
06/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
CSX to Sell Six Lines
06/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
Headline you need to read: CN Inks Labor Deals with U.S., Canadian Locomotive Engineers
06/05/2018 | Clifton Linton
Headline you need to read: Supreme Court Won't Review Mariner East Pipeline Right of Way Challenge
05/31/2018 | Clifton Linton
LPG, General Purpose Tank Car Sublease Rates Mixed in Slack Demand Market
05/31/2018 | Clifton Linton
Headline You Need to Read: PA State Senator Vows to Fight Appeal of PA PUC Order of Shutdown of ME2, ME1
05/30/2018 | Clifton Linton
As Rail-worker Strike Continues, CP Rail Issues Force Majeure for Canadian Ops
05/29/2018 | Clifton Linton
Enterprise and Navigator Announce Location of Ethylene Export Terminal; Begin Construction
05/28/2018 | Clifton Linton
Unions Move to Strike Against CP Rail
05/25/2018 | Clifton Linton
Unions Reject CP Labor Offers
05/25/2018 | Clifton Linton
PA Admin Law Judge Orders Halt to ME1 Shipments and ME2, ME2X Construction
05/17/2018 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider Exclusive: Loaded LPG Tank Car Moves Slip in April from March
05/17/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI LPG Storage Intentions Survey—2: Propane Storage Intentions Less Urgent, More “Strategic”
05/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
OmniTRAX Becomes First Short Line Transportation Company to Join Blockchain in Transport Alliance
05/10/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI Survey: LPG Summer Storage Intentions about Same as Last Year, Maybe Less
05/10/2018 | Clifton Linton
ME2 Opening Pushed Back to 3Q 2018
05/03/2018 | Clifton Linton
Midstream Firms Hold Open Seasons for Texas Express, Front Range NGL Pipelines
04/23/2018 | Clifton Linton
CP Rail, Unions Avoid Strike
04/18/2018 | Clifton Linton
Unions Send Strike Notice to CP Rail Even as Bargaining Continues; RR Prepares to Shut Down
04/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
ME1 Expected to Open 2H April
03/30/2018 | Clifton Linton
Happy Friday -- the ETI video blog has been updated for the week of Mar. 30
03/29/2018 | Clifton Linton
Cold Weather Forecast Has CP Rail Extending Winter Operating Restrictions -- Shorter, Slower Trains
03/29/2018 | Clifton Linton
Pa. Invests $32 Million in Rail Projects; Spends $3.8 Million To Serve Shell’s Petchem Plant
03/29/2018 | Clifton Linton
Correction: Energy Transport Insider Corrects STB Weekly Rail Performance Stats Corrected Back to October 2017
03/16/2018 | Clifton Linton
CN Expects Train Speeds to Rise in March; Railroad Signs CBR Take-or-Pay Deals
03/09/2018 | Clifton Linton
Happy Friday -- the ETI video blog has been updated for the week of Mar. 9
03/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
ME2 Called to Open by End of Second Quarter 2018: Energy Transfer Partners Says
03/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
CSX Plans 6,200 Job Cuts over 3 Years, $500 Million in Line Sales; Targets 60% Operating Ratio -- Investor Conference
03/05/2018 | Clifton Linton
CEO Luc Jobin is leaving CN; Board appoints Jean-Jacques Ruest Interim CEO
03/05/2018 | Clifton Linton
How common are DOT-112 tank cars?
03/01/2018 | Clifton Linton
SWARS: Shipping into Mexico -- KCS’ Tips on How to Keep Rail Shipments Flowing Smoothly
02/27/2018 | Clifton Linton
ME2 Called to Open by End of Second Quarter 2018, Energy Transfer Partners says
02/13/2018 | Clifton Linton
Avant Energy Announces USD$200 Million Investment In Midstream Assets In Mexico
02/09/2018 | Clifton Linton
CP Rail Reports Snow Avalanches in B.C.; Slowing W. Canada Traffic Up to 24-Hours
02/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
Update: Pennsylvania DEP Fines Sunoco Pipeline $12.6 Million; ME2 Pipeline Construction to Resume
02/07/2018 | Clifton Linton
BNSF Customers Invest Nearly $7.7 Billion in New Plants or Expansions in 2017
02/02/2018 | Clifton Linton
Sen. Heitkamp Introduces Bill to Require Two-Person Crews on Crude Oil Trains
02/01/2018 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider’s Quarterly Report: ME2, CSX Dominate 4Q Headlines; A Mixed Outlook for LPG-by-Rail in 2018
01/30/2018 | Clifton Linton
ExxonMobil to Triple Permian Production by 2025, Expand Transportation Infrastructure
01/25/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s 5 Questions: Francisco Melo of Bulkmatic de Mexico on Imported LPG Market
01/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
East Coast Bomb Cyclone: The Latest Winter Blowup of the LPG Supply Chain
01/03/2018 | Clifton Linton
Enterprise Products Partners to Expand Orla Natural Gas Processing Complex in West Texas
01/02/2018 | Clifton Linton
Sen. Blumenthal, Senate Democrats Demand DOT Hold Railroads Accountable for Implementation of PTC
12/28/2017 | Clifton Linton
Holiday Publishing Notice -- Energy Transport Insider News will not be published the week of Dec. 29.
12/27/2017 | Clifton Linton
CSX Roils Rail Industry in 2017 With Remake, Leaves Question Mark for 2018
12/22/2017 | Clifton Linton
CSX Names Foote as CEO and President
12/18/2017 | Clifton Linton
CSX CEO Harrison Dies at 73
12/12/2017 | Clifton Linton
News Briefs: Caterpillar guilty of false rail repairs; Enbridge-P66 Plan Permian pipeline; Enterprise propylene splitter Maintenance
12/06/2017 | Clifton Linton
Stories of Interest: Feds Look at Longer Freight Trains; Enterprise to Repurpose Permian NGL Pipeline to Handle Crude; Crestwood Closes on US Salt Sale;
12/05/2017 | Clifton Linton
USDOT Announces Intent to Repeal Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Mandate
12/04/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pembina Pipeline Corp. Board Approves $80 Million to Build Prince Rupert LPG Export Facility
11/23/2017 | Clifton Linton
Blackline’s Newington Expansion Plans Could Boost Terminal’s Role as Regional Supply Source
11/23/2017 | Clifton Linton
4 Tips to Cut Demurrage Bills
11/17/2017 | Clifton Linton
Do you plan to store LPG in tank cars in the summer of 2018? Take our LPG storage survey
11/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
Blackline Partners & TPG Sixth Street Partners Create JV -- Blackline Midstream; Then Buys Sea-3 Inc. and Its Newington Propane Terminal
11/08/2017 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transfer Partners Sets ME2 Opening in 2Q 2018, Announces 6th Frac in Mt. Belvieu
10/27/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pa. PUC Votes Against Mariner East 2; Pipeline Opening Expected to be Further Delayed
10/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
The ETI video blog has been updated
10/02/2017 | Clifton Linton
Talk of the LPG Industry: Finger Lakes LPG Storage Moves Closer to Reality; Mexico’s Light Winter Propane Orders; Planned Tucson Propane Rail Terminal
09/18/2017 | Clifton Linton
Tank Car Fleet Seen Flat in 2017-2018; Retirements Pegged at 10,356 Cars in 2017 – FTR
09/08/2017 | Clifton Linton
CSX is Running Faster Trains, Switching Cars Quicker; LPG Customers Still Waiting for Cars
09/05/2017 | Clifton Linton
Harvey Lands Body Blow to NGLs; Industry May be on the Ropes for Some Time
08/28/2017 | Clifton Linton
Longer Trains, Loved by Railroads, May Create More Problems Than They Solve
08/21/2017 | Clifton Linton
Piqued STB Sends Letter #2 to CSX; RR Cuts Near 50% Staff at Chicago Rail Yard
08/15/2017 | Clifton Linton
Sunoco Targets 4Q 2017 Open for Mariner East 2 NGL Pipeline, Reaches Settlement with Environmental Groups
08/01/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG Industry Expects Mid-Winter Mariner East 2 Start as Pipeline Construction Hits Snags, Rail Will Still Play a Role in NE Shipments
07/28/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG-by-Rail Washington Outlook: Trickle-Down Theory Meets Challenging Export Market
07/25/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pembina Completes Alberta/BC NGL Pipelines, Frac Expansions; Lays Groundwork for Planned PDH Plant, LPG Export Dock
07/25/2017 | Clifton Linton
MLPX’s Utica Build-Out Projects Divert Natural Gasoline to Pipe from Rail
07/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
Loaded LPG Tank Car Moves Slip 2.6% in June from May: Energy Transport Insider Survey
07/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider’s Quarterly Report: Market Unsure How Mariner East 2 Opening Will Play Out
06/14/2017 | Clifton Linton
Aux Sable Opens New NGL Loading Spots at Rail Rack; Plant Might See More NGL Production in the Future
05/22/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG-by-Rail Sector to See Dwindling Long-Haul Moves, Growing Tank Car Glut
05/16/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG by Rail Shipments See Sharp Drop in April from March on Seasonal Issues
04/26/2017 | Clifton Linton
KCSM Tells Regulator: Mexico’s Rail System Faces Stiff Trucking Competition
04/17/2017 | Clifton Linton
Williams to Sell Its Share in the Geismar Olefins Facility to NOVA Chemicals for $2.1 Billion; Announces Long-Term Feedstock Supply and Transportation Deal with NOVA
04/12/2017 | Clifton Linton
Enterprise Products Plans New Ethylene Pipelines, Storage Well Upgrade; Supporting Petchem Growth
04/12/2017 | Clifton Linton
Monthly Rail Shipments of Propane Rise in January from December, Normal Butane Moves Slip: DOE
04/03/2017 | Clifton Linton
NOVA, Borealis Ink Prelim. JV Agreement with Total to Develop Ethane Cracker, Polyethylene Plant
04/03/2017 | Clifton Linton
AAR Underscores Importance of International Trade in U.S. Railroad Activity
03/27/2017 | Clifton Linton
CSX Directs Focus to Track Projects to Boost Intermodal, Merchandise Traffic
03/27/2017 | Clifton Linton
Mexico Antitrust Regulator Investigating Lack of Competition Among Railroads
03/21/2017 | Clifton Linton
Propane Contract Season Details Start to Solidify: Higher Prices for Product, Shipping Materializing
03/09/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Approves Permits for Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 NGL Pipeline
02/27/2017 | Clifton Linton
Crestwood Adds Western U.S. LPG-by-Rail Terminals; Montgomery Terminal Called to Open Summer 2017
02/24/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pembina Says 3rd Frac at Redwater 90% Complete; Expected to Open 3Q 2017 – 4Q earnings highlights
02/24/2017 | Clifton Linton
Enterprise Signs Natural Gas Processing Agreements with Producers from Wyoming’s Green River Basin
02/20/2017 | Clifton Linton
CN shifts Chicago-area rail traffic after EJ&E purchase; Impact of cities' "immigrant sanctuary"policies on Federal funding for infrastructure projects . . .
02/16/2017 | Clifton Linton
Marcellus NGL infrastructure build out, CSX Sets Date to Decide on Hunter Harrison's proposal and more . . .
02/15/2017 | Clifton Linton
U.S. Railroads Expected to Spend $22 billion in 2017 for System Maintenance, Upgrades
02/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
Genesee & Wyoming Goes Whole HOG
02/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
North American Petchem Expansions to Drive NGL Market Growth for Rest of Decade
02/07/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG Industry Sees Brightening Outlook for Deals with Railroads, Car Leasing Firms for Coming Year
02/07/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG Tank Car Lease Rates Mixed, Steady for Second Week in a Row; Market Activity Quiet
01/27/2017 | Clifton Linton
Crestwood Furthers Commitment to LPG-by-Rail; Third Terminal to Open in Summer 2017
01/24/2017 | Clifton Linton
AltaGas Proposes New Natural Gas Processing, Rail Terminal and NGL Plants to Serve Export Terminal
01/20/2017 | Clifton Linton
Rail Turnaround King Harrison Leaves CP Rail; Is CSX Next Makeover Target?
01/17/2017 | Clifton Linton
GP Tank Car Fleet to Stabilize in Next 12-18 Months says AllTranstek’s Kloster
01/17/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG-by-Rail Outlook Mixed For 2017; Mexico Is Bright Spot, Mariner East 2 To Take Marcellus Shipments
01/17/2017 | Clifton Linton
Available Railroad Capacity Opens Opportunities for Carload Shippers: MARS Winter-meeting Panel
01/06/2017 | Clifton Linton
Short-Term LPG Tank Car Lease Rates Slip At Mid-Winter; Wholesalers Make Do With Available Cars
01/06/2017 | Clifton Linton
Last Major Gulf Coast Propane Export Project Done as Phillips 66 Opens Freeport, TX Terminal in Dec.
01/06/2017 | Clifton Linton
AltaGas To Build Propane Export Terminal Near Prince Rupert, BC; In Service By 1Q 2019
01/06/2017 | Clifton Linton
Rail-Car Deliveries Expected To Total 39,000 In 2017; Tank Cars, Covered Hoppers Account For 79%
12/30/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane, Butane Rail Exports from Canada to U.S. Reported Down in Period Ended Nov. 1
12/30/2016 | Clifton Linton
UP Agrees to Boost Track Inspections, Maintenance Following June Crude-oil Train Derailment, Fire
12/30/2016 | Clifton Linton
Chicago Rail Hub Sees Train Delays Rise from Previous Week, More Cars Processed in Dec. 24 Week
12/30/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane/Propylene Stocks Fall 5.7 MM bbl to 86.9 MM bbl in Dec. 23 Week: DOE
12/30/2016 | Clifton Linton
LPG Tank Car Short-Term Lease Rates Rise As Propane Heating Demand Jumps On Colder Weather
12/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
Rail Shippers Look To STB To Help Lower Freight Rates; Actions Not Likely Until Dust Settles In Trump Administration
12/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane/Propylene Stocks Fell 3.1 Million BBL to 92.5 Million BBL in Dec. 16 Week: DOE
12/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
Canadian Propane Stocks at 10.3 Million bbl as of Dec. 1, Down 783,000 bbl from Nov. 1
12/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
U.S. Petroleum And Petroleum Products Carloads Down 15.6% In Dec. 17 Week From Same Week In 2015: AAR
12/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
SMBC Agrees to Buy American Railcar Leasing From Icahn Enterprises for Up to $3.364 Billion
12/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
Global Partners Ends Railcar Leases Early in $10-Million Cost-Saving Measure
12/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
As Calif. Waits for Court Ruling on Rail Hazmat Fee Appeal, It Agrees to Drop Retroactive Fee Collections
12/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
Chicago Rail Hub Sees Train Delays Rise from Previous Week, More Cars Processed in Dec. 17 Week
12/21/2016 | Clifton Linton
Class 1 Railroad holiday Schedules: BNSF, CP, CN operating as normal; CSX, NS, UP, KCS reducing service
12/16/2016 | Clifton Linton
STB, CTA Sign Information-Sharing Memo
12/10/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane/propylene Stocks Fall 1.5 Million bbl to 99.3 Million bbl in Dec. 2 Week on Rising Demand
12/09/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane Industry Welcomes Polar Vortex’s Arrival and Surge in Heating Demand
12/02/2016 | Clifton Linton
Arriving Dec. 9: Energy Transport Insider – the must read for the LPG-by-rail industry
12/02/2016 | Clifton Linton
About LTN Group LLC
12/02/2016 | Clifton Linton
Clifton Linton - Energy Transport Insider founder, publisher, editor-in-chief
11/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
Holiday Publishing Notice
11/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
LPG Tank Car Lease Rates Hold Weak Tone, Market Remains Glutted With Available Cars
11/18/2016 | Clifton Linton
KCS President Sees Petroleum Transloading Starting at San Luis Potosi in Mexico by Mid-2017
11/18/2016 | Clifton Linton
UP Is Hauling LPG from Canada to Mexico; More Than Half of U.S. Tank Cars are in Storage: Short Takes from RailTrends 2016
11/18/2016 | Clifton Linton
Petroleum Rail Traffic Continued Lower, Nicking Total Traffic in Nov. 12 Week: AAR
11/18/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane/propylene Stocks Rise Above 100 Million bbl as Demand and Exports Slip
11/18/2016 | Clifton Linton
LPG Tank Car Single-Trip Lease Rates Fall to $0, Market Sees Glut of Cars Through End of December
11/16/2016 | Clifton Linton
How will a Trump presidency affect U.S. access to Mexico’s newly open and deregulated petroleum and LPG markets?
11/11/2016 | Clifton Linton
Rising Demand, Strong Exports and Weaker Production Lead to Propane Stock Slip: EIA
11/11/2016 | Clifton Linton
Petroleum Rail Traffic Continues Slump, While Total U.S. Rail Traffic Edges Higher in Nov. 5 Week: AAR
11/11/2016 | Clifton Linton
LPG Rail Car Lease Rates Fall as Demand Softens; Firms Try to Keep Cars Out of Storage
11/04/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane/Propylene Stocks See Slim Rise in Oct. 28 Week as Exports Slip: EIA
11/04/2016 | Clifton Linton
Petroleum and Petroleum Product Rail Traffic Down Near 18% in U.S., Canada and Mexico in Oct. 29 Week: AAR
11/04/2016 | Clifton Linton
Demand for New Tank Cars Seen Slumping in 2017: Economic Planning Associates
11/04/2016 | Clifton Linton
Court Grants Injunction to Stall California $45-Per-Rail-Car Hazmat Fee Until at Least Early 2017
11/04/2016 | Clifton Linton
Short-Term Rail Car Lease Rates Pop Above $600/Month for the First Time Since Early Oct.
10/28/2016 | Clifton Linton
Providence and Worcester RR Shareholders Approve Purchase by Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
10/28/2016 | Clifton Linton
Corn, Soybean Crop Drying Propane Demand Clustered in Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa
10/28/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane Stocks Fall 2.1 Million Bbl to 100.6 Million Bbl in Latest Week: DOE
10/28/2016 | Clifton Linton
US Petroleum and Petroleum Product Carloads Down in Week Ending Oct. 22: AAR
10/28/2016 | Clifton Linton
Rail Shippers Support STB’s Reciprocal Rail Switching Proposal, AAR Objects
10/21/2016 | Clifton Linton
US Petroleum and Petroleum Product Carloads Down in Week Ending Oct. 15: AAR
10/21/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane/Propylene Stocks Fall Below 103 Million Bbl on Boost in Demand, Production Slip
10/21/2016 | Clifton Linton
Short-term LPG Rail Car Lease Rates Dip Sharply, Car Availability Up; Winter (6-month) Leases Hold Firm
10/14/2016 | Clifton Linton
US, Canada Head in to Winter with Hefty Propane Supplies and Strong Prices
10/12/2016 | Clifton Linton
Announcing Energy Transport Insider’s first Special Report – HAZMAT RAIL REGULATIONS
10/12/2016 | Clifton Linton
Hurricane Matthew Disrupts Propane Rail Deliveries to Lower Atlantic Coast
10/07/2016 | Clifton Linton
California Hazmat Materials $45 per Rail-Car Fee Collection Delayed Until Nov. 13
10/07/2016 | Clifton Linton
US Propane Stocks Reach 104 Million bbl at Start of Winter Heating Season
09/26/2016 | Clifton Linton
Rain in Northern Iowa and Illinois, Southern Minnesota Could Spur Crop Drying Demand for Propane; Rail Congestion Seen Light
09/14/2016 | Clifton Linton
Petroleum and Petroleum Product Rail Carloads Down for Week and Year: AAR
09/12/2016 | Clifton Linton
Canada Propane, Butane Stocks Up as of Sept. 1; Monthly Rail Exports Down as of July 1
09/10/2016 | Clifton Linton
News of the Week Briefs - Corn Harvest, BNSF New Mexico Track Expansion, Petroleum Carloads off in August
09/01/2016 | Clifton Linton