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Landstar Honors CSX Intermodal

April 24, 2009 Railfanning.org News Wire

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Intermodal (CSXI) has received the 2008 Intermodal Carrier of the Year award from Landstar System, Inc. Award criteria included on-time service, equipment availability and condition, ease of doing business, sales representation and customer service responsiveness, and damage prevention. CSXI was selected from a field that included other companies who use major U.S. railroads to transport intermodal containers and allied service providers. In making the selection, Landstar surveyed its independent agents who handle intermodal shipments. “On behalf of CSX Intermodal, I am proud to accept this distinguished honor,” said CSXI President Jim Hertwig. “We appreciate the continued

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CSXT Announces First-Ever Environmental Award Winners

April 20, 2009 Railfanning.org News Wire

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation (CSXT) announced the winners of its first-annual Environmental Awards recognizing customers that have reduced their carbon emissions on the freight they ship by relying on CSX Transportation. CSXT is recognizing 19 customers who, together in 2008 avoided over 1.2 million tons of carbon emissions by shipping with CSXT versus the highway alternative. These customers are being recognized because they led their respective industry in using CSXT to improve emissions efficiency in 2008 compared to 2007 or they led their industry using CSXT to reduce their freight emissions. In addition, by choosing to ship via rail

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CSX Celebrates Continued Emphasis on Environmental Stewardship

April 17, 2009 Railfanning.org News Wire

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Corp. will celebrate Earth Day 2009 at its headquarters and across its rail system with tree plantings, cleanups and educational events that increase environmental awareness and improve the environment. “While CSX and its 30,000 employees respect the environment every day, Earth Day offers us an annual opportunity to acknowledge our accomplishments, learn something new and renew our commitment to continually increasing our role and responsibility as an environmental steward,” said Skip Elliott, CSX vice president for public safety and environment. CSX’s Earth Day programs emphasize the environmental stewardship that is consistently practiced and recognized at CSX.

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CSXT Announces 2008 Chemical Safety Excellence Award Winners

April 1, 2009 Railfanning.org News Wire

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation (CSXT) announced the winners of its annual Chemical Safety Excellence Award (CSEA) – an award that reflects each winning company’s commitment to rail car maintenance and safety as well as continuous safe tank car loading. For 2008, CSXT is recognizing 64 shippers. To be eligible for the award, each company must ship 600 or more railcars per year on CSXT and have no non-accidental releases during the entire year. Shippers include companies from the Chemicals, Fertilizer, Emerging Markets, Agriculture and Metals Merchandise commodity markets. One hundred CSX shippers are eligible to receive the award. “Throughout

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Evergreen Names CSXI Carrier of the Year

March 27, 2009 Railfanning.org News Wire

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Intermodal (CSXI) has received the 2008 Carrier of the Year award from Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corporation. “This award is given on the basis of excellence in quality, service and support,” said Wesley Brunson, president of EGA. “We are pleased to present CSX Intermodal with the Carrier of the Year award in appreciation of their superb partnership with our customers and our company.” Jim Hertwig, president of CSXI, said his company strives to meet increasing standards in reliable and quality service, accurate systems, timely responses and overall value. “CSX Intermodal is proud to receive this award,

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CSXI President Applauds New Rail-Truck Opportunities

March 20, 2009 Railfanning.org News Wire

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Intermodal President James Hertwig says new technologies and improved cooperation between railroads and truckload carriers are producing new opportunities for both transportation modes. Hertwig made his comments recently in Orlando at the Truckload Carriers Association annual convention. He was part of a panel that included the moderator, Lana Batts, managing partner, Transport Capital Partners, LLC; John Hickerson, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, FFE Transportation Services, Inc.; and Patrick Quinn, president and co-chairman, U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. The participants noted that the truckload industry faces long-term challenges that include fuel costs and driver shortages –

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BNSF and CSX Enhance Container Service to the Southeast

March 19, 2009 Railfanning.org News Wire

FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Co. and CSX Intermodal recently expanded their current intermodal container service to include several new locations in the Southeast. BNSF and CSXI will now serve Charleston, S.C.; Savannah, Ga.; and Miami, Orlando and Tampa, Fla., in addition to current eastern hubs at Atlanta, Ga.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Charlotte, N.C. “BNSF and CSX expanded their original program because it proved to be very successful for both us and shippers,” said Steve Branscum, group vice president, Consumer Products. “Our combined service is competitive with highway carriers, saves shippers money and reduces fuel consumption for moving freight.

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RMI Announces Fourth Annual Fast Track Award Recipients

January 30, 2009 Railfanning.org News Wire

ATLANTA — RMI, the market leader and largest independent provider of accurate, reliable, comprehensive, and secure rail information services to the transportation industry, has announced its 2009 Fast Track Award winners. Now in its fourth year, the Fast Track Award program honors RMI customers who exemplify RMI’s goal to streamline processes and improve procedures in the rail industry. This year’s award recipients will be recognized in the 2009 Fast Track calendar. The Fast Track award is designed to recognize RMI’s RailConnect and ShipperConnect “power users,” those organizations that maximize the value of RMI’s services by implementing procedures resulting in more

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Chatham Intermodal Container Transfer Facility Opens at Savannah Port

January 22, 2009 Railfanning.org News Wire

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Chatham Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) officially opened at the Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City (Ga.) Terminal. The new facility features three working tracks at 2,145 feet each and a total of 12,406 feet of storage tracks. The Port of Savannah is the only single facility on the U.S. East Coast with two on-terminal ICTFs. “A thriving business climate requires a transportation network that can support commerce and act as a catalyst to propel our economy forward,” Gov. Sonny Perdue said. “The completion of the Chatham ICTF will help achieve this goal.” The Port of Savannah’s