Company also earns 2015 TRANSCAER® national
award for transportation emergency response training for
7th consecutive year
MONTREAL, May 5, 2016 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI)
said today it has been recognized as one of the three recipients of
the prestigious Responsible Care Partner of the Year award of the
American Chemistry Council (ACC). The award recognizes the strong
performance and safety record of companies involved in the
transportation, handling and marketing of chemicals.
Responsible Care® is the chemistry industry's
commitment to sustainability – it is a global voluntary initiative
to guide member organizations in safely managing chemicals through
creation to manufacturing to disposal or recycling.
CN has also earned a 2015 National Achievement Award from
Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response
(TRANSCAER®) in recognition of its ongoing work to help communities
understand the movement of dangerous goods and what is required in
the event of transportation incidents.
Through TRANSCAER®, whose sponsors include the ACC and the
Association of American Railroads, CN works with partner chemical
companies to support communities with information sessions and
training and simulations for community leaders and first-responders
about hazardous commodities.
The national TRANSCAER® award recognizes extraordinary
achievements that support the organization's emergency preparedness
efforts. CN has won a National Achievement Award for seven
consecutive years.
Jim Vena, CN executive vice-president and chief operating
officer, said: "We are honoured to receive the Responsible Care
Partner of the Year Award and the National Achievement TRANSCAER®
award. CN is committed to operating a safe railway, to handling
chemicals and all commodities safely, and to working closely with
the communities where we operate to share information about
dangerous goods and be ready to respond quickly and comprehensively
to any incident."
In 2015, CN conducted almost 300 TRANSCAER® events in
Canada and the United States involving more than 6,000
participants. Such events included rail-related training sessions
for firefighters the Moncton,
N.B., region and South Bend,
Ind., area.
CN is a true backbone of the economy that transports more than
C$250 billion worth of goods annually
for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource
products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail
network of approximately 20,000 route-miles spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National
Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries –
serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince
Rupert, B.C., Montreal,
Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of
Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis., and
Jackson, Miss., with connections
to all points in North America.
For more information about CN, visit the Company's website at
www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN