CSX recognizes 70 shippers for hazmat safety

CSX Corp. recently honored 70 customers with the company's Chemical Safety Excellence Award for being committed to the safe transportation of hazardous materials.

Each year, the award honors customers who safely ship more than 600 carloads of hazardous materials during the prior year without a release due to controllable factors. Now in its 25th year, the program recognizes customers committed to safe procedures, such as securing valves and closures properly, and safe loading.

"We work with our customers to make rail the safest choice to move freight over land," said Dean Piacente, CSX vice president industrial products, in a press release.

For 2018, CSX recognized five shippers that successfully achieved 10 or more consecutive years of safety excellence: Aux Sable Liquid Products Inc.; Cargill; Kemira; Nouryon Chemicals LLC; and SABIC Americas Inc.

To read the names of the other honorees, click on this link.