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19 Current Logistics Systems Each year, there are approximately 34 million freight rail shipments. Of these, approximately 1.6 to 1.7 million shipments are for hazardous materials (5 percent)
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20 ammonia, bulk chlorine rarely moves by truck. Railroads carry 20 to 25 percent of chlorine production, and barges only about 1 percent.
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21 interviewed for this study indicated that the company does not ship chlorine by truck or by ocean or coastwise vessel. In general, producers involved in this study do not ship by truck, primarily due to safety concerns.
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22 transporting hazardous liquids and materials (49)
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23 roads to implement a PTC signal system on routes where TIH materials are transported by 2015. Railroads will have to install PTC on approximately 73,000 mi and around 17,000 locomotives.
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