Yellow Corporation Receives Norfolk Southern’s Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award
July 30 2021 - 10:49AM
Yellow Corporation (NASDAQ: YELL) has earned Norfolk
Southern’s Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for 2020 and is the
first less-than-truckload (LTL) company to receive the award.
Yellow has one of the largest LTL networks in the United States and
utilizes the Norfolk Southern network for intermodal service to
move its trailers and domestic intermodal containers in the eastern
United States.
“This award highlights a joint commitment to safety
in shipping hazardous materials by the men and women on the front
lines of the Yellow and Norfolk Southern teams,” said Darren
Hawkins, Yellow CEO. “Utilization of intermodal service to move our
trailers and domestic containers is an important part of our
emissions reduction strategy.”
The Yellow/Norfolk Southern partnership yields not
only safety benefits but also advances freight sustainability.
Yellow recently received its designation as a partner of the
Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay voluntary emissions
reduction program for the 17thconsecutive year.
Norfolk Southern acknowledged Yellow’s ongoing
commitment to safety in issuing the Thoroughbred Chemical Safety
Award and having done so under extreme supply chain conditions
during the pandemic.
“I am proud of the Yellow team and our partners at
Norfolk Southern in making safety priority one in transporting our
customers' shipments,” said Tamara Jalving, Vice President of
Safety at Yellow. “The pandemic created unique challenges for our
freight transportation professionals and their best defense was an
absolute commitment to safety.”
About Yellow CorporationYellow
Corporation has one of the largest, most comprehensive logistics
and less-than-truckload (LTL) networks in North America with local,
regional, national, and international capabilities. Through its
teams of experienced service professionals, Yellow Corporation
offers industry-leading expertise in flexible supply chain
solutions, ensuring customers can ship industrial, commercial, and
retail goods with confidence. Yellow Corporation, headquartered in
Overland Park, Kan., is the holding company for a portfolio of LTL
brands including Holland, New Penn, Reddaway, and YRC Freight, as
well as the logistics company HNRY Logistics.
Please visit our website at www.myyellow.com for
more information.
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