The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday that US monthly rail traffic showed mixed results in April 2013. Intermodal traffic in April 2013 totaled 962,019 containers and trailers, up 1.6 percent (15,053 units) compared ...
Russia-based steelmaking and mining giant Evraz has announced that it has successfully completed the preliminary qualifications required to become a supplier of railway wheels for the German national railway company Deutsche Bahn. As a ...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday intermodal traffic in February 2013 totaled 983,078 containers and trailers, up 10.5 percent (93,231 units) compared with February 2012. That percentage increase represents the ...
The Association of American Railroads(AAR)reported Thursday declines in weekly rail traffic for the week ending January 5,2013,with US railroads originating 241,682 carloads,down 12.1 percent compared with the same week last year.Intermodal ...
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US rail transportation of petroleum products last week increased 53.6% year-on-year, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. Petroleum products carloads increased to 11,594 in the most recent week, from 8,007 carloads in ...
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The Association of American Railroads(AAR)reported Thursday mixed 2012 rail traffic compared with 2011.Combined North American rail volume for 2012 on 13 reporting US,Canadian and Mexican railroads totaled 19,440,940 carloads,down 2 percent ...
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US railroads in 2012 hauled less coal, by far the largest commodity to travel by rail, but made gains in other commodity groups, such as petroleum products, which saw growth of more than 46%, according to annual traffic data released ...
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Reuters reported that Rosneft,seeking to wrap up Russia's largest-ever takeover deal,raised USD 16.8 billion in bank loans and signed long-term supply deals with two leading oil traders that could be worth as much as USD 50 billion. ...
Rosneft reported that British oil major BP’s CEO Robert Dudley will help oversee Russian oil giant Rosneft’s integration with TNK-BP to help introduce best international business standards, the companies said in a statement on ...
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Russia's state-owned Rosneft has signed two loan agreements with a group of international banks for a total of $16.8 billion to finance acquisition of BP's 50% stake in Anglo-Russian TNK-BP, the company said Monday. "Pursuant to these ...
Russian president Mr Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for the billionaire owners of the Alfa-Access-Renova consortium to invest the USD 28 billion cash they will get from selling their 50% stake in TNK-BP locally. Mr Putin told reporters ...
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RIA Novosti reported that shares in Russian British oil major TNK-BP jumped 6% after Mr Igor Sechin CEO of Rosneft said his company plans to keep the brand following its acquisition by Rosneft. Mr Sechin said earlier that his company ...
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RIA Novosti reported that Mr Igor Sechin CEO of Russia's largest oil company Rosneft was elected to its board of directors at a shareholders meeting. Mr Sechin who has led Rosneft since 2004 while being a deputy prime minister in charge ...
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RIA Novosti reported that Rosneft, Russia's largest state owned oil company, could sign a final binding agreement with the AAR consortium to buy its 50% stake in Russo British oil venture TNK BP as soon as December. Mr Igor SechinCEO of ...
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Reuters reported that oil major BP will outline growth plans for its oil and gas production arm on Monday in its first strategy update since striking a series of deals aimed at getting its Russian and US operations back on track. Like all ...
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