BNSF honors 109 shippers for excellence in product safety

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) on April 19, 2016 honored 109 shippers with the railroad’s 19th Annual Product Stewardship Award for the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail during 2015.

“We congratulate so many of our customers for their dedication and shared commitment to the highest safety standards,” said Dave Freeman, Senior Vice President, Transportation. “Safely transporting hazardous materials requires strong partnerships between BNSF and customers and, by continuously working together, we have ensured that rail remains the safest mode of land transportation for the movement of all freight.”

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 21 companies that have won 10 or more years: Agrium U.S. Inc., Akzo Nobel Pulp & Performance Chemicals Inc., Canexus Chemicals Canada LLC, CF Industries Sales LLC, Chemours (formerly DuPont), Chevron Phillips Chemical, Eastman Chemical Co., Elbow River Marketing LP, Huntsman Corp., Husky Energy Inc., Kennecott Utah Copper Corp., Keyera Energy Partnership, LyondellBasell Industries, Methanex Methanol Company, Nebraska Energy LLC, Olin Corp., Pembina Resource Services, Reagent Chemical & Research Inc., Solvay Chemicals Inc., Sunoco Partners Marketing and Williams Energy Services, LLC.

The honorees for 2015 are:

BNSF honors 109 shippers for excellence in product safety BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) honored 109 shippers with the railroad’s 19th Annual Product Stewardship Award for the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail during 2015.

“We congratulate so many of our customers for their dedication and shared commitment to the highest safety standards,” said Dave Freeman, Senior Vice President, Transportation. “Safely transporting hazardous materials requires strong partnerships between BNSF and customers and, by continuously working together, we have ensured that rail remains the safest mode of land transportation for the movement of all freight.”

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 21 companies that have won 10 or more years: Agrium U.S. Inc., Akzo Nobel Pulp & Performance Chemicals Inc., Canexus Chemicals Canada LLC, CF Industries Sales LLC, Chemours (formerly DuPont), Chevron Phillips Chemical, Eastman Chemical Co., Elbow River Marketing LP, Huntsman Corp., Husky Energy Inc., Kennecott Utah Copper Corp., Keyera Energy Partnership, LyondellBasell Industries, Methanex Methanol Company, Nebraska Energy LLC, Olin Corp., Pembina Resource Services, Reagent Chemical & Research Inc., Solvay Chemicals Inc., Sunoco Partners Marketing and Williams Energy Services, LLC.

The honorees for 2015 are:

ABE South Dakota LLC

Abengoa Bioenergy

Aberdeen Energy LLC

ADM

Agrium U.S. Inc.

Akzo Nobel Pulp & Performance Chemicals Inc.

Alon USA LP

Amerigas Propane LP

Atlantic Trading & Marketing

Aventine Renewable Energy

Axiall

BASF

Bonanza Bioenergy LLC

Bridgeport Ethanol LLC

Bridger Marketing LLC

Canadian Enterprise Gas Products

Canexus Chemicals Canada LLC

Cenovus Energy Inc.

Centennial Energy LLC

CF Industries Sales LLC

Chemours

Chevron Phillips Chemical

Chevron Products

CHS Inc.

Citgo Petroleum

Connacher Oil & Gas LTD

ConocoPhillips

Crestwood West Coast LLC

Dakota Prairie Refining LLC

Dakota Spirit AG Energy LLC

E Energy Adams LLC

Eastman Chemical Co.

Eco Services Operations LLC

Eighty-Eight Oil LLC

Elbow River Marketing LP

EOG Resources Inc.

ERCO Worldwide

Ergon, Inc.

Flint Hills Resources LP

Gibson Gas Liquids Partnership

Global Companies LLC

Green Plains Logistics LLC

Green Plains Trade Group LLC

Huntsman Corp.

Husky Energy Inc.

Imperial Oil, LTD

International Raw Material

Irving Oil LTD

Jebro Inc.

Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.

Keyera Energy Partnership

Kiros Energy Marketing

Koppers Inc.

Lanxess Corp.

LyondellBasell Industries

Marathon Petroleum Co.

Marquis Inc.

Mercuria Energy Trading

Metalurgica Met Mex Penole

Methanex Methanol Company

Mid America Agri Products

Moose Jaw Refinery Partnership

Murex

Murphy Oil USA Inc.

Musket Corporation

Nebraska Corn Processing LLC

Nebraska Energy LLC

NGL Supply Wholesale LLC

NuGen Energy LLC

Olin Corp.

Orica USA Inc.

Owens Corning

PBF Holding Company LLC

PCS Sales USA Inc.

Pembina Resource Services

Petrogas Energy Corp.

Petrolama Energy Canada

Phillips 66

Pioneer Oil LLC

Plains Midstream Canada

Plymouth Energy LLC

Poet Biorefining

Ponderosa Petroleum Co.

PVS Chemicals Inc.

Reagent Chemical & Research Inc.

Redfield Energy LLC

Shell Oil Products U.S.

Shell Trading Canada

Solvay Chemicals Inc.

South Hampton Resources Inc.

Spectra Energy

St. James Rail Terminal LLC

St. Paul Park Refining Co.

Statoil Marketing & Trading

Styrolution

Suncor Energy

Sunoco Partners Marketing

Targa Resources

Tauber Oil Company

Texpar Energy LLC

The Dow Chemical Co.

The International Group Inc.

United Energy Trading LLC

U. S. Oil & Refining Co.

Valero Marketing & Supply

Westlake Chemical Corp.

Williams Energy Services, LLC