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Transport Canada Issues Rail Safety Advisory Letter 09/13 – The Securement of Equipment and Trains Left Unattended

View the letter as a pdf Securement of Equipment and Trains Left Unattended Place du Centre 4th Floor 200 Promenade du Portage Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1K8 617-09/13 18 July 2013 Mr. Luc Bourdon (ASR) Director General, Rail Safety Transport Canada…

Transport Canada Announces Emergency Directive to Increase Rail Safety

No. H096/13 For release – July 23, 2013 OTTAWA — Today, Transport Canada announced an emergency directive pursuant to section 33 of the Railway Safety Act to increase rail safety. Although the cause of the accident in Lac-Mégantic remains unknown at this time, Transport…

Transportation of Hazardous Materials Between the US and Canada

Persons responsible for the safe transportation of hazardous materials within the U.S., known as HazMat Employees, must receive the training required by the US DOT at 49 CFR 172, Subpart H.  If you only ship hazardous materials domestically, by highway…