Norfolk Southern honors 66 chemical companies for safe rail shipments
5/12/2015 12:00:00 AM
Sixty-six chemical customers have earned Norfolk Southern's Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2014, the US-based rail company announced on Tuesday.
Altogether, the customers safely shipped more than 227,000 carloads of hazardous chemical products over the railroad's network in 2014.
For the past 19 years, Norfolk Southern has recognized chemical manufacturers and plants that ship at least 1,000 carloads of hazardous products over the railroad without a single incident. In 2014, 61 companies shipping nearly 214,000 carloads and five plants shipping more than 13,700 carloads met the standard.
Carload shipments included industrial chemicals used in the manufacture of various consumer goods, crude petroleum, ethanol, and fertilizers. These chemicals are vital components of the US economy but are classified as federally regulated hazardous materials and could be dangerous if mishandled.
Norfolk Southern says it works closely with chemical customers to ensure these commodities reach their destination safely, including providing training in safe rail-shipping practices.
"These valued business partners share Norfolk Southern's commitment to safety for our employees, the communities we serve, and the environment," said Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman. "Their behind-the-scenes efforts typically go unheralded, but they help us demonstrate every day that rail transportation is safe, reliable, and the most environmentally friendly way to move commercial goods. We congratulate them for their industry-leading performance."
Customers earning the Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2014 are, alphabetically:
- Abengoa Bioenergy of Illinois, Granite City, Ill., plant; Altex Energy; Apex Terminal; ArcelorMittal; Aux Sable Liquid Products; Axeon Specialty Products;
- BASF; Bayer MaterialScience; BP; Bridger Trading; Buckeye Partners;
- Cargill; Centennial Energy; Crestwood Equity Partners;
- Delaware City Refining, Reybold, Del., plant; Dow Chemical;
- Eastman Chemical, Kingsport, Tenn., plant; Eighty-Eight Oil; ERCO Worldwide; ExxonMobil Chemical;
- Finnchem USA; Formosa Plastics;
- Gibson Gas Liquids; Global Companies; Great Northern Gathering & Marketing; Green Plains Renewable Energy;
- Honeywell International; Huntsman;
- Lima Refining Co. (Husky); Indorama Ventures Oxide & Glycols; Ineos USA;
- Kemira Water Solutions; Kinder Morgan Terminals; Koppers; Linde;
- Marathon Petroleum; MarkWest Energy Partners; Mercuria Commodities Canada; Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America;
- NGL Supply Wholesale; Norfalco; NOVA Chemicals; Nucor;
- Occidental Chemical; Olin Chlor Alkali Logistics; One Earth Energy;
- Paulsboro Refining Co., Paulsboro, N.J., plant; Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan; Plains Marketing; Procter & Gamble Co.; PVS Chemicals;
- Reagent Chemical & Research; Renewable Products Marketing Group
- SECURE Energy Services; Shell Trading Canada; Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy; Statoil Marketing & Trading; Sunbelt Chlor Alkali Partnership; Sunoco Logistics;
- The International Group; TransMontaigne Product Services; Toledo Refining Co., Toledo, Ohio, plant;
- United Energy Trading; United Refining Co.;
- Valero Energy; and Vopak Terminal Savannah.
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