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Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Keystone Restarts Oil Pipeline After Leak Prompted Shutdown

The operator of the Keystone oil pipeline brought the conduit back into service, putting an end to a weeklong outage caused by an estimated 3,500-barrel spill in rural North Dakota.

April 16, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Keystone Pipeline Operators Aim to Restore Service April 15

Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a rupture caused 147,000 gallons of oil to spill onto farmland in North Dakota.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Cleanup of Keystone Pipeline Spill Underway in North Dakota

Workers have recovered thousands of gallons of crude oil from an underground pipeline spill on North Dakota farmland, but it remains unclear when oil will again start flowing to refineries.

April 11, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Keystone Oil Pipeline Is Shut After a Spill in North Dakota

South Bow’s Keystone oil pipeline has been shut after a spill in southeast North Dakota, according to an official with the state Department of Environmental Quality.

April 8, 2025
Business, Safety, Logistics

Tornado Derails 43 BNSF Train Cars in North Dakota

STEELE, N.D. — Strong winds knocked nearly four dozen train cars off a track in North Dakota, part of a storm system that spurred reports of five tornadoes across the Dakotas.

August 29, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Modernization Set for North Dakota-Canada Border Crossing

The U.S. General Services Administration has approved a two-year, multimillion-dollar modernization effort at a border crossing between North Dakota and Canada.

July 30, 2024
Government, Business

North Dakota Adds Six CDL Road Test Sites

The North Dakota Department of Transportation is making it easier for new truckers to get behind the wheel by adding six new commercial driver license road test sites.

March 8, 2024
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety, Logistics

North Dakota Expands Overweight, Oversize Permit Options

Trucking companies in North Dakota are going to be able to have greater flexibility and efficiency serving the agriculture industry with overweight and oversize permits due to a new law passed at the request of the state highway patrol.

March 28, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

North Dakota Trailer Length Pilot Program Extends Deadline

Regulators in North Dakota have extended a deadline for freight haulers to apply to participate in a pilot program that would allow longer trailer configurations on state roads.

February 1, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

North Dakota DOT Develops Freight Plan

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Department of Transportation is developing the State Freight & Rail Plan and has launched the project website.

August 27, 2021