MONTREAL, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today announced the winners of its Safe Handling Award for 2011. This award is among the most coveted and respected in the industry. In all, 109 companies were presented with the Safe Handling Award at a special ceremony.
"On behalf of CN, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate each of the Safe Handling Award recipients for 2011," said James Cairns, CN's vice-president, Petroleum and Chemicals. "This award recognizes customers who, like CN, make safety a top priority by handling dangerous goods carefully and judiciously, and for respecting high standards. CN and its customers work closely together on a daily basis to ensure that a safe operation is maintained. In addition to being a prestigious recognition, we hope that the Award is also an added incentive to achieve safety excellence."
Launched in 1992, CN's Safe Handling Award has been presented to customers that load cars with dangerous goods and meet strict standards for the safe handling and shipment of regulated products. The winners must meet established criteria, according to the total number of shipments of dangerous goods for all facilities.
"The Safe Handling Award is an integral part of the Responsible Care® Program - an ongoing performance improvement initiative in which CN is a partner, both in Canada and the U.S.," explained Keith Creel, CN's executive vice-president and chief operating officer. "The safety of our operations is of the utmost importance to CN, and our customers play an important role in ensuring the safety of our employees, communities, and the environment. We're pleased to recognize those partners who excel in this ongoing effort."
CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries - spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.
2011 CN Safe Handling Award winners
Congratulations to all our winners
ACE ETHANOL LLC
ADKINS ENERGY LLC
AGRIUM INC
AIR BP CANADA LTD
AIR LIQUIDE USA LLC
AIRGAS CARBONIC INDUSTRIES
AMAIZING ENERGY LLC
ARCLIN CANADA LTD
ARKEMA INC
AUX SABLE LIQUID PRODUCTS LP
BAYER INC
BIG RIVER RESOURCES BOYCEVILLE LLC
BITUMAR INC
BORDER CHEMICAL CO LTD
BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC
BRENNTAG CANADA INC
C F INDUSTRIES INC
CANADA COLORS & CHEMICALS LTD
CANEXUS CHEMICALS CANADA LP.
CENOVUS ENERGY INC
CENTENNIAL ENERGY LLC.
CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INC
CITGO PETROLEUM CORP
COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLS INC
CONOCOPHILLIPS
CROSSTEX PROCESSING SERVICES LLC
DOW CHEMICAL CO
ENERSUL OPERATIONS LP
ENTERPRISE GAS PRODUCTS
EPCO CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCTS INC
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP
ERGON INC
EVONIK CYRO LLC
FMC CORP.
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP
GARDNER ASPHALT CO
GAS SUPPLY RESOURCES LLC
GIBSON ENERGY ULC
GLENVILLE GRAIN
GLOBAL COMPANIES LLC
CHS INC
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
HUSKY ENERGY INC
INEOS USA LLC.
INNOPHOS INC
INTL CHEMICAL CO
IRVING OIL INC
KEMIRA INC
KEYERA PARTNERSHIP
KMG-BERNUTH INC
KOPPERS INC
LANXESS INC
LITTLE SIOUX CORN PROCESSORS
LUCITE INTERNATIONAL
MANSFIELD OIL
METHANEX CORP
MEXICHEM FLUOR INC
MGP INGREDIENTS INC
MITSUBISHI GAS CHEM AMERICA
MITSUBISHI INTL CORP
MOMENTIVE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC
MUREX N A LTD
N G L SUPPLY CO LTD
NALCO COMPANY
NEXEN
NEXEO SOLUTIONS LLC
NORFALCO SALES INC.
NOVA CHEMICALS CORP
OLIN CORP
OXBOW SULPHUR INC
P P G INDUSTRIES INC
PBF HOLDING COMPANY LLC
PETRO-HUNT LLC
PETROVALUE
PINE LAKE CORN PROCESSORS LLC
PLATINUM ETHANOL LLC
POET BIOREFINING
POTASH CORP OF SASKATCHEWAN INC
PRAXAIR INC
PROVIDENT MIDSTREAM LP
RECOCHEM INC
RENEWABLE PRODUCTS MARKETING GROUP
RENTECH ENERGY MIDWEST CORP
RHODIA INC
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS
SAFETY KLEEN SYSTEMS INC
SEMSTREAM LP
SIOUXLAND ENERGY & LIVESTOCK COOPER
SOMAVRAC INC
SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CO
SPECTRA ENERGY EMPRESS LP
STEPAN CO
STITTCO ENERGY LTD
SUPERIOR PLUS LP
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION INC
TAMINCO HIGHER AMINES INC
TERRA GRAIN FUELS
TEXPAR ENERGY LLC
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS & REFINING USA INC
ULTRAMAR LTD
UNIPEX SOLUTIONS CANADA INC
UNIVAR CANADA LTD
UNIVAR USA INC
US STEEL CORP
VALERO ENERGY CORP
WESTERN PETROLEUM COMPANY INC
WESTERN WISCONSIN ENERGY, LLC
WILLIAMS OLEFINS LLC
YARA NORTH AMERICA INC
SOURCE CN
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