CN presents Safe Handling Awards to shippers

CN today announced the winners of its Safe Handling Awards for 2005. These awards are among the most coveted and respected in the industry. In all, 93 companies - 37 in Canada, 55 in the United States and one in Europe - received these awards.

Launched in 1992, the Safe Handling Awards are presented each year to CN customers that load 100 or more cars with dangerous goods annually and meet strict standards for safe handling and shipment of regulated products. The awards are presented to companies that meet established criteria, according to the total number of shipments of dangerous goods for all facilities.

"The Safe Handling Awards reward customers for handling dangerous goods carefully and judiciously, and for respecting high standards," explained Jerry Boland, Vice-President, Sales - Industrial Products. "Our customers and employees work together to meet the day-to-day challenges of maintaining a safe operation. Like CN, our customers don't hesitate to make safety a priority."

The Safe Handling Awards program is part 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® Program - an ongoing performance improvement initiative in which CN is a partner, both in Canada and the US," said John Dalzell, Vice-President, Risk Management. "Responsible Care® represents a long-term commitment by CN to consistently improve the safety of its operations. Responsible Care® principles are applied to all of CN's activities, while protecting the environment for the communities it serves."

Canadian National Railway Company spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, BC, Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities 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.

2005 CN Safe Handling Award winners


CANADA
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Agrium Inc.
Air Liquide Canada Inc.
Border Chemical Co Ltd.
Brenntag Canada Inc.
Canada Colors & Chemicals Ltd.
Canadian Enterprise Gas Products Ltd.
Dynea USA Inc.
Elbow River Marketing Lp.
Federated Coop Ltd.
Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc.
International Group Inc.
International Commodities Export Co.
Invista Canada Co.
Irving J D Ltd.
J R Simplot Company
Keyera Energy Partnership
Kinetic Resources Lpg.
Lanxess Corp.
Moose Jaw Asphalt Inc.
Multichem Inc.
N G L Supply Co. Ltd.
Nexen Inc.
Norfalco Sales Inc.
Petresa Canada Inc.
Petromont societe en commandite
Pioneer Americas Llc.
Plains Marketing Canada Lp.
Pope & Talbot Inc.
Praxair Inc.
Provident Energy Trust
Quadra Energy Trading Ltd.
Statoil ASA
Tembec Inc.
Terminaux Canadiens Canterm Inc.
Tidal Energy Marketing Inc.
Valero Energy Corp.
VFT Canada Inc.


UNITED STATES
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Afton Chemical Canada Corp.
Air Liquide USA Llc.
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
Airgas Carbonic Industries
Akzo Nobel Inc.
Ameropan Oil Corp.
Ashland Inc.
BP Products North America Inc.
Chemtura Corp.
Citgo Petroleum Corp.
Continental Nitrogen
Cyro Industries
Cytec Industries Inc.
Dow Chemical Co.
Dynegy Midstream Services Lp.
Eaglebrook Inc.
El Paso Energy Corp.
Epco Carbon Dioxide Products
Equistar Chemicals Lp.
GE Plastics
Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Honeywell International Inc.
Hydrite Chemical Co.
IMTT
Ineos Fluor Americas Llc.
International Chemical Co.
J L M Chemicals Inc.
Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals Llc.
Koch Industries Inc.
Koppers Industries Inc.
LBC Baton Rouge Llc.
Lucite International
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America
Murphy Oil Co Ltd.
Nalco Company
Nova Corp.
Osmose Wood Preserving Inc.
P P G Industries Inc.
Pine Lake Corn Processors Llc.
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc  .
Premcor USA Inc.
Reagent Chemical & Research
Rhodia Inc.
Royster-Clark Inc.
Semstream Lp.
Shell Oil Co.
Southern Chemical Corporation
Stepan Co.
Sun Chemical Corp.
Sunoco Inc.
Terra Industries Inc.
Texpar Energy Llc.
United Bio Energy Fuels Llc.
Williams Energy Service
WRR Environmental Services Co.
Gibson Energy Ltd.


EUROPE (OSLO, NORWAY)
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Statoil ASA

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