Refiners Sue BNSF Railway Over $1,000 Oil Tank Car Surcharge
This article is for subscribers only.
BNSF Railway Co. was sued by a trade group for 400 U.S. refining and petrochemical makers objecting to a $1,000 surcharge the nation’s biggest rail transporter of crude oil tacked onto older-model tank cars.
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers complain the surcharge is designed to encourage shippers to retrofit or scrap older tank cars in favor of safer “jacketed” models that aren’t required by federal transportation-safety regulators.