BNSF awards 76 shippers for stewardship, wins logistics honor from Toyota

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BNSF Railway honored 76 shippers with BNSF's Annual Product Stewardship Award for the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail during 2010. These 76 award-winning companies have successfully implemented the ethics of Product Stewardship under the American Chemistry Council's Responsible Care initiative. "We are honoring these 76 customers because of their commitment and focus to the safe transportation of hazardous materials," said John Lanigan, BNSF executive vice president and chief marketing officer, at a special presentation at BNSF's corporate headquarters in Fort Worth. "Our top priority is to ensure safety of our employees, our customer's shipments, the communities we serve and the environment." A complete list of winners can be found at www.bnsf.com/media/news-releases/2011/may/2011-05-18a.html In turn, BNSF received two logistics service awards for performance in 2010 at the annual Toyota Logistics Partners meeting. The Toyota Logistics President's Award is given to one railroad with the highest combined scores in quality, customer support and on-time performance. BNSF also received the On-Time Performance Award for rail transportation, which recognizes high achievement in service performance. BNSF is a first time recipient of these particular awards. "Toyota is very proud of the relationship and exemplary finished vehicle transportation performance that the BNSF has provided over the past year and we look forward to many more to come," said Lee Hobgood, Toyota corporate vehicle logistics and administration manager. During 2010, BNSF handled more than 165,000 Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles throughout the United States and Canada.

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