Transport Canada, the government department responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada, will now require all unjacketed CPC 1232 tank cars that carry crude oil to be phased out by November 1 – some 17 months earlier than a prior deadline. Unjacketed CPC 1232 and older DOT 111 cars that carry condensate (a volatile light hydrocarbon) will be phased out by January 1, 2019, well ahead of a previously set 2025 deadline. Canada’s Minister of Transport Marc Garneau said that phasing out the “least crash-resistant tank cars as soon as possible” would enhance the safety of communities along rail lines and help ensure the reliable transport of goods and commodities. Canada’s move and the continued push for safer tank cars come with the Lac Megantic crude-by-rail disaster still fresh in mind. The crash occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, in […]