Norfolk Southern has awarded its 2017 Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award to 52 chemical customers in recognition of their safe handling of rail-shipped products.
During the year, these companies shipped 153,213 carloads of chemical products regulated as hazardous material on Norfolk Southern’s rail lines without incident.
Norfolk Southern established the annual safety award in 1995 to recognize chemical manufacturers and plants that ship 1,000 carloads or more of hazardous products over the railroad without a single incident. Forty-five corporations and seven plants attained the benchmark for 2017. Six of these customers shipped more than 5,000 carloads each without incident.
Companies with a Delaware presence earning the Chemical Safety Award were:
- The Chemours Company
- Delaware City Refining LLC, Delaware City plant;
- Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.
