Canpotex, short for Canadian Potash Exporters (reporting mark PTEX), is a Canadian potash exporting and marketing firm, incorporated in 1970 and operating since 1972. Based in Saskatchewan, Canpotex manages the entire Saskatchewan potash exporting industry (excluding Canadian and US sales), including transportation and delivery.. Canpotex is the world''s largest exporter of potash, selling over
Liquid caustic potash is available from OxyChem''s plant and terminals in tank truck, rail car, barge and ship quantities. Each form of transportation has its own advantages. The type of shipping method selected will depend upon such factors as size and location of storage, rate of consumption, plant location, freight rates, etc.
Size/Capacity. Small cube covered hopper cars range from 2,970 to 3,281 cubic feet used for denser products, such as sand and cement. Medium cube covered hopper cars range from 4,750 to 5,200 cubic feet used for less dense products, such as grains and dry chemicals.
The rail car system will have tracklength capacity to park or hold threeunit trains onsite. and, if necessary, mechanical shakers will be used to dislodge remaining potash in the rail car. Safe access to equipment for maintenance personnel will be an important design feature.
A modern railcar has a gross capacity of 286,000 lbs or tons moving in trains consisting of 100 cars or more, yielding a total carrying capacity of 12,500 tons, an increase of over 181% in carrying capacity.
Greater than 268,000 Pound Gross Rail Load Freight Cars of any car type must meet one of the following criteria: Cars are approved by the AAR per Specification S286 or Cars are approved by the AAR per Specification S259 and the following is met: Cars must be equipped with constant contact side bearings, preferably long travel.
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Bilevel and trilevel rail cars are designed to transport pickup trucks, minivans and sports utility vehicles. Each rail car has a maximum load capacity of 10 to 15 vehicles. Products like larger tractors, motor homes and military vehicles move on unilevel flat cars. Inside length: 89'', 4" Inside width: 8'', 7" BiLevels: ADeck height: 7'', 4"
The standard hopper found currently roaming the rails has come a long way, even from the USRA 55ton standardized car of the early 20th century. Not only are the current cars capable of hauling 100tons but also many now have rotary couplings to literally spin the car 360 degrees while still attached to the train.
As a result, a new potashspecific railcar was developed which has enabled us to double the amount of potash transported by rail without adding any extra train trips on Canadian rail lines. Since this innovative improvement to our inland operations, we have commissioned 7,000 railcars with National Steel Car, investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Canadian economy.
The Fertilizer Institute says that each rail tank car can carry about 80 tons of ammonia. A rule of thumb for potash is that it is about 100 tons per carload. The same rule of thumb goes for
Once you have the gross rail load, the determining factor becomes the weight of the car. Subtract the weight of the car (the "LT WT") from the gross rail load, and you get the load limit ("LD LMT"). These days that''s the top line under the car number, and as close to a nominal capacity as you''ll get.
K+S Potash Canada (KSPC) has accepted the first of 200 railcars built by National Steel Car (NSC) in Hamilton, Ontario, for domestic use. These cars will transport potash from the company''s Bethune mine in Saskatchewan to North American clients. The domesticuse rail cars are built to the same specifications as KSPC''s 500unit international fleet, which NSC delivered in late 2016.
This 4,250 cubic foot capacity covered hopper railcar has a curve sided design with three compartments and outlet gates for soda ash and potash service. This railcar features the robust strength provided by a through center sill and can be furnished lined. This covered hopper comes equipped with a continuous trough hatch and gravity outlet gates.
K+S Potash Canada (KSPC) has moved one step closer to starting production at its Bethune, Sask. legacy project.. The Saskatoonbased company has taken delivery of 177 rail cars, which will be used
CAPY (nominal capacity) is the intended loadcarrying capacity of the car, to the nearest 1000 pounds. This is determined by the structural strength of the car''s underframe and the size of the journal bearings of the car''s trucks. LD LMT (load limit) is the maximum weight of lading that can be carried by the car, to the nearest 100 pounds.
1 rail car tanker = truck tankers = 700 barrels = 111,000 liters = 29,500 US gallons = 117,500 US quarts As you can see below there are different capacities of DOT117 rail cars: Canada ships about 150,000 barrels of oil PER DAY on rail, mostly from the Alberta Oil Sands, because there is no more pipeline capacity remaining in the system:
These railcars typically range from 2,700 to 3,500 cf capacity and generally are designed with two or three pockets, gravity gates and three to five circular hatches. Hopper cars this size are ideal for dense commodities including cement, roofing granules, sand, aggregates, fly ash and dry chemicals.
In rail transport, the DOT111 tank car, also known as the TC111 in Canada, is a type of unpressurized general service tank car in common use in North America. Tank cars built to this specification must be circular in cross section, with elliptical, formed heads set convex outward. They have a minimum plate thickness of 7 ⁄ 16 inch ( mm) and a maximum capacity of 34,500 US
· National Steel Car Limited This curve sided steel covered hopper car for potash service is equipped with 110ton nominal capacity trucks to suit present 286,000 pound gross rail loading.
· The capacity of a transit mode refers to how many passengers per hour a mode can be expected to carry. Since when we discuss capacity we are usually discussing it in terms of a rapid transit project, the capacity should be defined as the maximum number of passengers per hour a given mode could carry at its maximum average operating speed.
Intermodal Rail Car carr contain onl An intermodal rail car is specifically designed to y trailer sand container by rail. These cars are built to carry more than one container per car but, with one stacked on top of the other. This is made possible by a depressed section that sits between the trucks of the car
Capacity analysis of the Swedish rail network, part 2. In Swedish. Lindfeldt, A., 2014. Kapacitetsutnyttjande i det svenska järnvägsnätet. Uppdatering och analys av utvecklingen . Capacity utilisation of the Swedish rail network. Update and analysis of the development .
The rail cars'' rated capacity of 150,000# (150 kips) per each is about twice the GVW of any street legal semitruck (72,000# to 80,000#). The capacity of the rail car is probably calculated for a relatively uniform load spread over the floor area of the car.