Dangerous goods
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Rail
Canadian government revises freight rail safety rules
The revised rules under the Railway Safety Act address winter operations of higher-risk key trains.
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Rail
Social risk trumps financial risk for Canadian crude-by-rail
Canadian Pacific, CN, and the Canadian government are taking steps to ease the social and reputational risks, according to a Monday report by Moody’s Investors…
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Transport Canada: Dangerous goods recommendations under study
Research on dangerous goods transportation is still ongoing, the agency said. The announcement follows an audit published last month that suggested that Transport Canada failed…
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Air Cargo
Airlines relax restrictions on two banned substances
IATA is aligning its dangerous goods rules with international standards.
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Air Cargo
New US tariffs to give air cargo a pre-peak boost?
Flexport’s head of airfreight believes a small bump in demand out of Asia could result from new U.S. tariffs, while higher fuel prices will push…
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FIATA calls for carrier talks over fines
Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM and OOCL have announced plans to impose penalties on shippers.
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Air Cargo
Air France KLM Cargo first airline to ramp up system for digital acceptance of dangerous goods
Digital tenders of DG documents now in effect for air commerce.
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