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
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