Rail News Home CSX Transportation 5/13/2022 Rail News: CSX Transportation
CSX has presented its Chemical Safety Excellence Award to 65 customers for their "outstanding contribution" to the safe transportation of hazardous materials in 2021.The awards were presented to companies that shipped at least 600 carloads of hazardous materials with CSX during the year without a hazmat release due to controllable factors.Representing a wide range of industry segments, the winning companies shipped over 185,000 carloads of hazardous materials on the Class I's network in 2021.CSX gave special recognition to global chemical company Kemira, which led all hazard materials shippers with 21 consecutive years as a CSX award winner.Also receiving special recognition were ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and Messer North America, which reached their 10-consecutive-year milestone as award winners; and Americas Styrenics, Ascend Performance Materials and Shintech, which reached five consecutive years without a nonaccidental release.The full list of award winners can be read here.
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Norfolk Southern Railway will deliver long-term value to shareholders by becoming more customer-centric and operations-driven, President and CEO Alan Shaw said at the company's annual meeting held last week.
“My first priority, and the top priority of every member of the Norfolk Southern team, is to restore service to the quality our customers expect and deserve,” said Shaw in a press release.
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Rail News Home Union Pacific Railroad 5/12/2022 Rail News: Union Pacific Railroad
The Class I's Mexican franchise was created May 8, 1992. Photo – UP
The Class I's Mexican franchise was created May 8, 1992. Photo – UP
Union Pacific Railroad this week marked the 30th anniversary of Union Pacific de Mexico, the Class I's Mexican franchise that was created on May 8, 1992.
UP has been a "protagonist of growth" amid increased trade between the United States and Mexico in segments including beer, grain, automotive, appliances, metals, coal and finished fuels, wrote Vice President of Mexico, Marketing and Sales Beto Vargas Garcia on UP's Inside Track website. The Class I began doing business in Mexico two years before the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect in 1994, when Mexico's rail industry was privatized.