06/08/2010  Posted by PMC at 23:04 on 06/08/2010 1 Response »
Aftermath of Hurricane Alex and the floods of 2010

It’s been a helluva month here on the border in the aftermath of Hurricane Alex and the several tropical storms that followed. At one point, all roads between Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey were closed for several days resulting in a backup of an estimated 11-22,000 trucks. Parts of Reynosa are still underwater as the Rio Grande is slow in returning to normal there. Laredo Texas looks as if a tsunami hit the banks of the Rio Grande where at one point, the water was lapping at the side beams of the international bridge, 60 feet above the river. Freight in ….Read More

 
 30/09/2007  Posted by PMC at 15:15 on 30/09/2007 Comments Off

Editors Note: This story is full of contradictions and I imagine the opposition will spin it to suit their positions. The fact remains, nobody is for certain. Ammonium Nitrate is not an explosive. AN mixed with fuel oil is highly explosive, as we all know. I cannot imagine the two being mixed together for transport under any circumstances unless this is a patented product of ORICA, the shipper. But those who say the truck wasn’t placarded, I would tend to discount. Most chemical plants anywhere in the world require carriers to placard the loads before leaving, or at least their ….Read More

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