MONTREAL, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) today announced the winners of its Safe Handling Awards for 2009. These awards are among the most coveted and respected in the industry. In all, 110 companies were presented with the Safe Handling Awards at a special ceremony here.
"On behalf of CN, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate each of the Safe Handling Award recipients for 2009," said James Cairns, CN's vice-president, Petroleum and Chemicals. "These awards were established to recognize customers for handling dangerous goods carefully and judiciously, and for respecting high standards. Our customers and employees work together to meet the day-to-day challenges of maintaining a safe operation. Like CN, our customers make safety a priority every day."
Launched in 1992, CN's Safe Handling Awards have 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 Awards program is one of a series of initiatives aimed at making CN the safest railway in North America.
"The Safe Handling Awards are an integral part of the Responsible Care(R) 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.
2009 CN Safe Handling Award winners
Congratulations to all our winners
ACE ETHANOL LLC
ADKINS ENERGY LLC
AGRIUM INC
AIR LIQUIDE USA LLC
AKZO NOBEL INC
AMAIZING ENERGY LLC
ARCLIN CANADA LTD
ASHLAND INC.
AUX SABLE LIQUID PRODUCTS LP
BASF CORP
BASIC CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS
BIG RIVER RESOURCES, LLC
BORDER CHEMICAL CO LTD
BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC
BRIGHT STAR ENERGY INC
C&N COMPANIES
CANADA COLORS & CHEMICALS LTD
CASTLE ROCK RENEWABLE FUELS LLC
CENEX HARVEST STATES
CENOVUS ENERGY INC
CHEMCO INC
CITGO PETROLEUM CORP
COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLS INC
CONTINENTAL NITROGEN
CROSSTEX PROCESSING SERVICES LLC
CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC
DUPONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO
DYNO NOBEL INC
ELBOW RIVER MARKETING LP
ENERSUL OPERATIONS LP
ENTERPRISE GAS PRODUCTS
EPCO CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCTS INC
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP
ERCO WORLDWIDE
ERGON INC
ETHANOL GRAIN PROCESSORS LLC
FEDERATED COOP LTD
GLENVILLE GRAIN
GREEN PLAINS TRADE GROUP LLC
HEXION SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC
HIGH SIERRA ENERGY LP
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO
INEOS FLUOR AMERICAS LLC
INEOS NOVA LLC
INEOS USA LLC.
INNOPHOS INC
INTEGRATED GRAIN PROCESSORS CO-OPER
INTERNATIONAL-MATEX TANK TERMINALS
INTL CHEMICAL CO
INVISTA (CANADA) COMPANY
IRVING J D LTD
JONES-HAMILTON CO
KEMIRA INC
KOPPERS INC
LANXESS CORP
LINDE LLC
LITTLE SIOUX CORN PROCESSORS
LUCITE INTERNATIONAL
MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC
MARSULEX INC
METHANEX CORP
MITSUBISHI INTL CORP
MOOSE JAW REFINERY PARTNERSHIP
N G L SUPPLY CO LTD
NALCO COMPANY
NEXEN MARKETING INC
NORFALCO SALES INC
NUCOR CORP
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP
OLIN CORP
OSMOSE WOOD PRESERVING INC
P P G INDUSTRIES INC
PETRO HUNT CORP
PETROGAS MARKETING LTD
PINE LAKE CORN PROCESSORS LLC
PLAINS MARKETING CANADA LP
PLATINUM ETHANOL LLC
POET BIOREFINING
POLLUTION CONTROL INDUSTRIES
PROVIDENT MIDSTREAM LLP
PVS CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS INC
PVS CHLORALKALI INC
QUAD COUNTY CORN PROCESSORS COOPERA
RECOCHEM INC
RENTECH ENERGY MIDWEST CORP
RHODIA INC
RUETGERS CANADA INC
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS
SEMSTREAM LP
SIOUXLAND ENERGY & LIVESTOCK COOPER
SOLUTIA INC.
SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CO
SPECTRA ENERGY EMPRESS LP
STEPAN CO
STITTCO ENERGY LTD
SUNOCO INC
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION INC
TAMINCO HIGHER AMINES INC
TAUBER PETROCHEMICAL CO
TEXPAR ENERGY LLC
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS USA INC
TRANSAMMONIA INC
ULTRAMAR LTD
UNIPEX SOLUTIONS CANADA INC
VALERO ENERGY CORP
WESTLAKE GROUP INC.
WILLIAMS OLEFINS LLC
YARA NORTH AMERICA INC
SOURCE CN
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