CONCERN RISES OVER THE COST OF SHIPPING AMERICAN OILS AND FATS BY RAIL
August 1st, 2009
BY RUSSELL BERMAN
THE AMERICAN bio-based oils and fats sector is watching closely the development of key proposals and recommendations that could significantly alter the way goods are shipped across the country.
One of its most pressing transport concerns is an advancing proposal to end a decades-long antitrust exemption for freight rail. Advocates of the change say it would force competition into a sector where a few rail lines dominate, leading to lower prices for shipping on goods such as soybeans and ethanol from their origin in the centre of the country to ...
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