CN Reports 28 Per Cent Increase in Safe Handling Awards.Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2002 Canadian National (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNI (1) (Certified NetWare Instructor) See Novell certification. (2) (Coalition for Networked Information, Washington, DC, www.cni.org) A partnership of the Association of Research Libraries, CAUSE and EDUCOM, founded in 1990. )(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CNR See riser card. CNR - Communication and Network Riser ) today announced that 114 industrial facilities won its coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Safe Handling Award for 2001. Seventy-two of these facilities are located in Canada and 42 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The number of winners in 2001 was up 28 per cent from 2000, when there were 83 winners. Now in their tenth year, the Safe Handling Awards are presented to CN customers who ship 100 or more tank cars loaded with dangerous goods
A dangerous good annually and meet safe handling objectives. "Interest in our Safe Handling Awards has grown steadily over the past 10 years, and the increasing number of winners proves this," says Jean-Jacques Ruest, vice-president, chemicals and petroleum. "Our customers are increasingly aware of the importance of safe handling for the dangerous goods we transport for them. Working closely with CN personnel, they too, are making safety the top priority." The Safe Handling Awards complement a series of initiatives aimed at making CN the safest railway in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The awards are also an integral part of the Responsible Care(R) program - a performance improvement initiative of the chemical industry. Responsible Care(R) is CN's long-term commitment to continuously improving safety, while protecting the environment in the communities it serves. Highlighting their continuous efforts, three facilities received special recognition for having earned CN's Safe Handling Award 10 years in a row, since the awards began: PIONEER (Dalhousie, New Brunswick Dalhousie (2006 population: 3,676) is a Canadian town located in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. Geography Dalhousie is the most northern point in New Brunswick, and thus in one of the three Maritime provinces. ), Enersul/Chevron (Benbow, Alta.) and BP Canada (Elspeth, Alta.). CN also presents Corporate Safe Handling Awards to companies that exceed 5,000 carloads of dangerous goods shipped and that meet Safe Handling Awards criteria. In 2001, these awards were presented to BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida Corporation, BP Canada Energy Co., Chemtrade Logistics Inc., Dow Chemicals, Norfalco Sales Inc., PIONEER, Ultramar Ltd. and Williams Energy Services. Canadian National Railway Company Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE: CNI, TSX: CNR) is a Canadian rail transportation company that operates the Canadian National Railway. It was created in December, 1918 as a Crown corporation of the Government of Canada to nationalize several bankrupt rail systems spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east , serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert Prince Rupert, city (1991 pop. 16,620), W British Columbia, Canada, on Kaien Island, in Chatham Sound near the mouth of the Skeena River, S of the Alaska border. , B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , and Mobile, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. ., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis adv. 1. Certainly; really; indeed. v. t. 1. To think; to suppose; to imagine; - used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. ., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.
2001 SAFE HANDLING
AWARD WINNERS
NOVA SCOTIA
- Imperial Oil (Pet) - Dartmouth
- Sable Offshore Energy - Tupper
NEW BRUNSWICK
- PIONEER - Dalhousie(1)
- Praxair Canada Inc. - Saint John
QUEBEC
- Eka Chimie Canada Inc. - Magog
- Eka Chimie Canada Inc. - Valleyfield
- I M T T - Limoilou
- Nexen Chemicals Canada Ltd. - Beauharnois
- Noranda Inc. - CEZ Inc. - Valleyfield
- Noranda Inc. Div. Fonderie Horne - Rouyn - Noranda
- Petromont - Varennes
- Phenolchemie, Inc. - Limoilou
- PIONEER - Becancour
- PPG Canada Inc. - Beauharnois
- Sulconam - Montreal East
- Ultramar Ltd - St-Romuald
ONTARIO
- BP Canada Energy Co. - Sarnia
- BP Canada Energy Resources Co. - Windsor
- Chemtrade Logistics Inc. - Sudbury
- Chemtrade Logistics Inc. - North Bay
- Chinook Chemical - Sarnia
- Dupont - Maitland
- Honeywell International - Amherstburg
- Huntsman Chemical Corporation - Guelph
- Imperial Oil Limited x Zone - Sarnia
- Imperial Oil (Pet) - Nanticoke
- Kemira Chemicals Canada Inc. - Maitland
- Norfalco Sales Inc. - Timmins
- Norfalco Sales Inc. - Sudbury
- Nova Chemicals Canada Ltd. - Sarnia
- Petro-Canada - Bronte
- Sulco Chemicals Ltd. - Elmira
- VFT Inc. - Hamilton
MANITOBA
- Border Chemicals - Transcona
- Conoco Canada Ltd. - Wpg Fort Whyte
- Imperial Oil Limited - East Winnipeg
- Nexen Chemicals Canada Ltd. - Brandon
- Shell - Wpg St-Boniface
SASKATCHEWAN
- Conoco Canada Ltd. - Regina
- Consumers Coop Refiners Ltd. - Regina
- Saskferco Products Inc. - Belle Plaines
- Sterling Pulp Chemicals (SASK) Ltd. - Saskatoon
ALBERTA
- Agrium Inc. - Fort Saskatchewan
- Agrium Inc. - Red Deer
- Albchem Industries Ltd. - Bruderheim
- Alta Envirofuels - East Edmonton
- Borden Chemical Canada - Edmonton
- BP Canada - Elspeth(1)
- Central Alberta Midstream - Kaybob
- Degussa Canada Ltd. - Gibbons
- Dow Chemical - Fort Saskatchewan
- Enersul/Chevron - Benbow(1)
- Gulf Canada Resources - Eckville
- Gulf Canada Resources - Strachan
- Husky Oil Ltd - Ram River
- Husky Oil Ltd - Windfall
- Husky Oil Ltd (BPU) - Lloydminster
- Imperial Oil (Pet) - East Edmonton
- INTL Commodities - Braaten
- Nexen Chemicals Canada Ltd. - Bruderheim
- Nova Chemicals Ltd - Joffre
- Petro-Canada - Lochearn
- Praxair Canada Inc. - Fort Saskatchewan
- Shell Chemicals Canada - Scotford
- Sterling Pulp Chem. Ltd. - Grande Prairie
- Talisman Energy Inc. - Ansell
- Williams Energy Services - South Beamer
BRITISH COLUMBIA
- Husky Oil Refinery - Prince George
- Sterling Pulp Chemicals Ltd. - N.E. Vancouver
- Methanex - Kitimat
- Nexen Chemicals Canada Ltd. - N.E. Vancouver
- Westcoast Energy Inc. - Prince George
MICHIGAN
- Dow Chemicals - Midland
- Solutia Inc. (Trenton Plan) - Trenton
IOWA
- Farmland Industries - Judd
ILLINOIS
- Citgo Petroleum Corporation - Lemont
- Koppers Industries - Cicero
- Royster-Clark Nitrogen - Arcco
- Stepan Chemical Company - Millsdale
LOUISIANA
- Air Products & Chemicals - St. Gabriel
- Atofina Petrochemicals - Bruns
- BASF Corporation - Geismar
- Borden Chemicals - Geismar
- Delta Commodities - New Orleans
- Dupont Dow Elastomer - La Place
- E I Dupont De Nemour and Company - La Place
- Enterprise Products Company - Geismar
- G E Plastics - Bruns
- Honeywell International - Baton Rouge
- Honeywell International - Geismar
- ICI Klea - St. Gabriel
- LaRoche Industries - Gramercy
- Marathon Petroleum Company - Garyville
- Motiva Enterprises - Union
- Occidental Chemical - Romeville
- Ondeo Nalco Company - Garyville
- PCS Nitrogen - Geismar
- Pioneer - St. Gabriel
- Rhodia Incorporated - Baton Rouge
- Rhodia Incorporated - Geismar
- Uniroyal Chemical Company - Geismar
- Vulcan Chemical Company - Geismar
- Vulcan Materials Company - Geismar
MISSISSIPPI
- Air Liquide America - Canton
- Airgas Carbonic - Star
- Mississippi Chemical - Yazoo City
- Pursue Energy - Thomasville
TENNESSEE
- Atofina Chemicals - Woodstock
- E I Dupont De Nemour and Company - Woodstock
- Koch Materials Company - Memphis
- Osmose Wood Preserves - Woodstock
- Velsicol Chemcial Company - Memphis
- Williams Energy Service - Memphis
(1) Winner for the tenth consecutive year.
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