WASHINGTON — Federal regulators “strongly recommend” that owners of certain types of hazardous chemical tanks conduct voluntary tests due to the potential for catastrophic failure based on new test results. According to an advisory issued jointly by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, concern over the stability…
Kenya Airways will double the size of its cargo fleet with the arrival this quarter of two Boeing 737-800 converted freighters from the United States, part of an effort to capture growing freight demand in Africa and the Middle East. Each plane is nearly 25% larger than the airline’s existing freighters, which essentially means Kenya…
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The union representing almost 9,300 workers at Canada’s two biggest rail operators says the railroads are pushing toward a work stoppage after negotiations have deadlocked over issues of working conditions and wage increases. “CN and CPKC aim to eliminate all safety-critical rest provisions from our collective agreements,” François Laporte, national president of Teamsters Canada, said…
Less than a month after taking a billion-dollar stake in railroad Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) and vowing to oust CEO Alan Shaw, activist group Ancora Holdings Group on Tuesday proposed a new slate of directors at Norfolk Southern, as well as a new CEO, former UPS Inc. executive Jim Barber. Ancora has also proposed…