NTL Record

Title Truck Transport of Hazardous Chemicals: 1-Butanol
Record ID 49437
Source 44p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
Publisher United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
Publication Date 19950901
Language English
Abstract The transport of hazardous materials by all modes is a major concern of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Estimates place the total amount of hazardous materials transported in the U.S. in excess of 1.5 billion tons per year. Highway, water, and rail account for nearly all hazardous materials shipments; air shipments are negligible. Fuels, such as gasoline and diesel, account for about half of all hazardous materials transported. Chemicals account for most of the remainder. This report presents estimates of truck shipments of 1-butanol, one of the 147 large-volume chemicals that account for at least 80 percent of U.S. truck shipments of hazardous chemicals. All of the reports in this series are based on the best available information at the time the research was conducted. The U.S. chemical industry, however, operates in an environment in which markets, production processes, and distribution requirements can change substantially from year to year. The information in this report on (a) chemical producers and their plant locations, (b) consuming plants and their locations, and (c) the estimated traffic flow from producers to consumers, is thus subject to change.
Rosap ID dot:10887
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10887
TRT Terms Chemical tankers; Hazardous chemicals; Trucking
General Subjects Chemical plants; 1-Butanol; Chemical producers
Classification AGR - FREIGHT - FREIGHT;
AGR - FREIGHT - Maritime and International;
AGR - FREIGHT - Ports;
AGR - FREIGHT - Shippers;
NTL - FREIGHT - Trucking Industry;
NTL - FREIGHT - FREIGHT;
NTL - FREIGHT - Freight Economics and Finance
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
769283
Report Number DOT-VNTSC-RSPA-95-4
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49400/49437/Butanol.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository