Freight rail, shipper organizations bestow annual awards for hazardous materials handling The Association of American Railroads has announced the 2012 recipients of the Holden-Proefrock Award, Non-Accident Release Grand Slam Award and
TRANSCAER National Achievement Awards.
A recent
TransCAER session in Viking, AB, garnered a positive response from Wainwright fire chief Keith Steele.
BNSF, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Souther Class I's recognized by
TRANSCAER. BNSF, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific have been named recipients of the 2011 National
TRANSCAER Awards.
"ISO 14001 doesn't cover the community outreach area--nor the TRANSportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response (
TRANSCAER) issue--as well as Responsible Care does," he maintains.
CN works closely with the chemical industry through the CCPA's
TransCAER program, which was developed to ensure the safe transportation of members' products.