Canadian National Wins Top Rail Carrier of the Year Award From UPS Autogistics.Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2001 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 .) has won The Outstanding Railroad Performance Award for 2000 from UPS Autogistics for its top-level transportation of finished vehicles. UPS Autogistics, a unit of the UPS Logistics Group, said CN took top honors among Class 1 North American railroads based on its on-time performance, service design, equipment, communications and overall value. UPS Autogistics manages the logistics of finished vehicle distribution for Ford Motor Company, among other clients, and presented the award to CN at UPS headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., at its first annual rail conference. Kelley Anderson, executive director - railroad operations, of UPS Autogistics, said: "CN's performance in 2000 was outstanding, reflecting tremendous team work within its own organization and with other transportation providers to ensure the timely distribution of finished vehicles in a scheduled network." Ed Harris, chief transportation officer for CN, said: "We're honored by the award, a clear recognition of the benefits of CN's comprehensive service plan that schedules every aspect of our rail operations. The service plan is delivering consistent and improved transit times - major benefits for our customers. It also benefits CN by increasing rail productivity and asset utilization." 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, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. |
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