Petrochemicals are being transported by rail instead of conventional transport in USA's Southeast sector post-Katrina. Delays of sending petrochemical products by rail along the USG and Southeast sector are being pegged at 5 days.
Producers continue to experience bottlenecks for rail transport sent from its Texas Gulf Coast facility through Louisiana to North Carolina and the US Southeast. An added problem is that empty railcars are not being returned on a priority basis.
Eastern carriers are being worked with to detour shipments around New Orleans to the gateways of Birmingham, Memphis and East St. Louis, and interchange traffic with the Canadian National and Norfolk Southern railways at New Orleans.
21-Sep-05 
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