JERSEY CITY, NJ,
and MONTREAL, QC, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Evergreen Shipping
Agency (America) Corporation announced today that it has named CN
(TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) as its 2011 Railroad Company of the
Year in recognition of CN's "consistent high level of
performance."
Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corporation serves as North
American General Agent for Evergreen Line. Evergreen is a global
ocean carrier that serves all continents with container ships.
Among its many trade routes, Evergreen Line is the major
containerized shipping company serving the east coast of
Asia and west coast of
North America. The company
operates more than 150 container ships calling on 240 ports
worldwide in about 80 countries.
Roy Amalfitano, president of
Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corporation, said: "CN's
consistent high level of performance, particularly in comparison to
its competitors, has earned CN this recognition. Evergreen
appreciates and recognizes CN's excellence in quality, service and
support of our mutual customers and encourages CN to continually
improve its performance."
Jean-Jacques Ruest, CN executive vice-president and chief
marketing officer, said: "CN is honoured to have received this
award from Evergreen, which recognizes our clear focus on improving
the quality of our customers' supply chains. At CN we are dedicated
to operational and service excellence and committed to continually
raising the bar on our performance."
Evergreen Line discharges and loads containers for CN at Port
Metro Vancouver. CN hauls Evergreen Line traffic between the port
and the Canadian cities of Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal.
CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway
subsidiaries - spans Canada and
mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the
Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports
of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New
Orleans, and Mobile, Ala.,
and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis.,
Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points
in North America. For more
information on CN, visit the company's website at
www.cn.ca/en/index.htm.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information included in this news release constitutes
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and under Canadian securities laws.
CN cautions that, by their nature, these forward-looking statements
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The Company
cautions that its assumptions may not materialize and that current
economic conditions render such assumptions, although reasonable at
the time they were made, subject to greater uncertainty. Such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors, which may cause the actual results or performance of the
Company or the rail industry to be materially different from the
outlook or any future results or performance implied by such
statements. Important factors that could affect the above
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the
effects of general economic and business conditions, industry
competition, inflation, currency and interest rate fluctuations,
changes in fuel prices, legislative and/or regulatory developments,
compliance with environmental laws and regulations, actions by
regulators, various events which could disrupt operations,
including natural events such as severe weather, droughts, floods
and earthquakes, labor negotiations and disruptions, environmental
claims, uncertainties of investigations, proceedings or other types
of claims and litigation, risks and liabilities arising from
derailments, and other risks detailed from time to time in reports
filed by CN with securities regulators in Canada and the
United States. Reference should be made to "Management's
Discussion and Analysis" in CN's annual and interim reports, Annual
Information Form and Form 40-F filed with Canadian and U.S.
securities regulators, available on CN's website, for a summary of
major risks.
CN assumes no obligation to update or revise
forward-looking statements to reflect future events, changes in
circumstances, or changes in beliefs, unless required by applicable
Canadian securities laws. In the event CN does update any
forward-looking statement, no inference should be made that CN will
make additional updates with respect to that statement, related
maters, or any other forward-looking statement.
SOURCE CN