BNSF Railway Company honored 117 shippers with the railroad's 20th Annual Product Stewardship Award for the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail during 2016.
"We are happy to acknowledge these customers for their adherence and dedication to upholding the highest safety standards," said Dave Freeman, executive vice president, Operations. "Transporting hazardous materials safely is a collaborative effort between BNSF and our customers and, with these strong partnerships, we have maintained the status of rail as the safest way to move freight on land."
The companies were selected for the award for transporting a minimum of 500 loaded tank cars of hazardous materials during the previous year with zero non-accident releases during the entire transportation cycle and for successfully implementing the ethics of Product Stewardship under the American Chemistry Council's Responsible Care® initiative.
Many of this year's honorees are repeat winners, including 28 companies that have won 10 or more years: Agrium U.S. Inc., Akzo Nobel Pulp & Performance Chemicals Inc., BP Products North America, Canexus Chemicals Canada LLC, CF Industries Sales LLC, Chemours (formerly DuPont), Chevron Products, Chief Ethanol Fuels, Citgo, Covestro, Eastman Chemical Co., Hess Corp., Huntsman Corp., Husky Energy Inc., JR Simplot, Kennecott Utah Copper Corp., Keyera Energy Partnership, LyondellBasell Industries, Methanex Methanol LLC, Moose Jaw Asphalt, Nebraska Energy LLC, Olin Corp., Pembina Resource Services, Plains Midstream Canada, Reagent Chemical & Research Inc., Solvay Chemicals Inc., Trenton Agri Products and Williams Energy Services, LLC.