CSX Honors 72 Customers with 26th Annual Chemical Safety Excellence Award
October 13 2020 - 10:00AM
CSX Corp. (NASDAQ: CSX) recognized 72 customers with the company’s
annual Chemical Safety Excellence Award for their commitment to the
safe transportation of hazardous materials.
Representing a wide range of industry segments, including
chemicals, biofuels, waste and fertilizers, the award winners
shipped a combined 218,000 carloads of hazard materials on the CSX
network in 2019 without a release due to controllable factors.
“Our customers share CSX’s commitment to safety, and help ensure
that rail continues to be the safest mode for transporting
chemicals over land,” said Arthur Adams, vice president, sales and
supply chain solutions. “Through their diligence in maintaining
their equipment and loading and securing their shipments, the 2019
award winners have demonstrated a relentless commitment to
protecting employees and communities across the CSX network.”
The Chemical Safety Excellence Award is presented to customers
who have shipped at least 600 carloads of hazardous materials on
CSX during the year without release due to controllable
factors.
Special recognition was given to three customers — Cargill,
Kemira and Nouryon Chemical — for achieving 10 consecutive years
without a release. In addition, 14 customers achieved five years
without a release. They are Americas Styrenics, Celanese, CHS,
ExxonMobile Chemical, Gibson Energy, Huntsman International, Husky
Energy, Koppers Industries, Messer, Nan Ya Plastics, Norfalco, NOVA
Chemicals, Pembina Pipeline and The Chemours Company.
Other award winners included: Altivia, Archer Daniels Midland,
Arkema, Arlanxeo Canada, Ascend Performance Materials, Ashta
Chemicals, BASF, BP, Centennial Energy, CF Industries, Chemtrade,
Clean Harbors Environmental, Cornerstone Chemical, DOW Chemicals,
Eco-Energy, EPIC, Equinor Marketing & Trading, Flint Hills
Resources, Heritage Environmental Service, HJ Baker, Ineos
Styrolutions, International Chemical, Invista Sarl, Irving Oil,
Koch Industries, Keyera Energy, LSB Industries, Lyondell Chemical,
Markwest Hydrocarbon, Methanex Methanol, MHF Services, NGL Supply,
Occidental Chemical, PBF Holding Company, Phillips 66, Plains All
American Pipeline, Poet Biorefining, Praxair, PVS Chemicals,
Reagent Chemical & Research, Rohm & Haas, Renewable
Products Marketing Group, Shintech Louisiana, Southern States
Chemicals, Suncor Energy, Targa Resources, The Andersons, U.S.
Government, United Refining, Univar USA, US Ecology and Veolia
Regeneration Services.
About CSX
CSX, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a premier transportation
company. It provides rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload
services and solutions to customers across a broad array of
markets, including energy, industrial, construction, agricultural,
and consumer products. For nearly 200 years, CSX has played a
critical role in the nation’s economic expansion and industrial
development. Its network connects every major metropolitan area in
the eastern United States, where nearly two-thirds of the nation’s
population resides. It also links more than 230 short-line
railroads and more than 70 ocean, river and lake ports with major
population centers and farming towns alike. More information about
CSX Corporation and its subsidiaries is available at www.csx.com.
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