WITH AN accident frequency of 0.250 accidents per million miles for 2003, Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc of Houston, Texas, won the Outstanding Performance Trophy in the National Tank Truck Carriers 2003 Tank Truck Safety Contest. This is the first time the Texas-based carrier has won the prestigious NTTC award.
Mission Petroleum Carriers was selected from a group of 15 carriers that won the Grand Award in their respective mileage categories for the calendar year. The fleet also is taking home the Grand Award as the winner in the “36 to 45 million miles class” in the Competitive Safety Contest, the Grand Award in that same mileage category for the Personnel Safety Contest, and a seven-year Improvement Award.
The management team leading the winning company includes Arch E Kelly, president; David Fontenot, executive vice-president; John Featherly, vice-president of operations; and Roy Acton, vice president of safety & compliance.
The Outstanding Performance Trophy is awarded annually by Heil Trailer International of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is presented to the carrier that is judged to have had the best comprehensive safety program in the tank truck industry during the previous year.
Contest judges this year were: Danny Shelton, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Rich Clemente, Truckload Carriers Association; Randy Zahn, Minnesota State Police; and Oliver Patton, Washington editor of Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine.
NTTC conducts four annual safety contests. These include a Competitive Safety Contest in which carriers compete in separate mileage classes; the Safety Improvement Contest in which a carrier competes against its own record for the previous year; a Personnel Safety Contest that is based on injuries per hours worked; and the Outstanding Performance Contest.
Awards to safety directors in charge of the winning programs were presented at the NTTC Tank Truck Safety Council annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, in April. Winning companies will be recognized at NTTC's 56th Annual Conference & Tank Truck Equipment Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 10-12.
2003 Competitive Safety Contest
Over 100 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Trimac Transportation Services Inc | .406 |
| Honor | Quality Distribution Inc | .615 |
| Merit | The Kenan Advantage Group Inc | 1.03 |
45 - 85 Million Miles Class | | Grand | A & R Transport Inc | .167 |
| Honor | Ruan Transportation Management Systems | .271 |
| Merit | Liquid Transport Corp | .442 |
36 - 45 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc | .250 |
| Honor | Miller Transporters Inc | .447 |
| Merit | Foodliner Inc | .672 |
18.3 - 36 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Andrews Transport Inc | .204 |
| Honor | Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc | .302 |
| Merit | United Petroleum Transports Inc | .306 |
14 - 18.3 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Ergon Trucking Inc | .262 |
| Honor | Blue Flash Express LLC | .282 |
| Merit | Usher Transport Inc | .338 |
8 - 14 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Harmac Transportation Inc | .076 |
| Honor | HazMat Environmental Group Inc | .102 |
| Merit | Petroleum Transport Company Inc | .237 |
5.9 - 8 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Gorski Bulk Transport Inc | .160 |
| Honor | Commercial Transport Inc | .161 |
| Merit | Crossett Inc | .338 |
4 - 5.9 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Hoffman Transportation Inc | 0.00 |
| Grand | McKinley Trucking Co Inc | 0.00 |
| Merit | Roeder Cartage Co Inc | .200 |
3 - 4 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Great Lakes Terminal & Transport Corp | 0.00 |
| Grand | Tank Truck Transport Inc | 0.00 |
| Grand | A J Weigand Inc | 0.00 |
Less than 3 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Carbon Express Inc | 0.00 |
| Grand | Dow Dawson Trucking Inc | 0.00 |
| Grand | Lacy's Express Inc | 0.00 |
| Grand | Wheatfield Trucking Co | 0.00 |
2003 Personnel Safety Contest
Over 100 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Quality Distribution Inc | 0.62 |
| Honor | Trimac Transportation Services Inc | 1.48 |
45 - 85 Million Miles Class | | Grand | A & R Transport Inc | 0.31 |
| Honor | Transport Service Co | 1.10 |
| Merit | Liquid Transport Corp | 1.78 |
36 - 45 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc | 0.70 |
| Honor | Transwood Inc | 1.67 |
| Merit | Slay Transportation Co Inc | 1.79 |
18.3 - 36 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Florida Rock & Tank Lines Inc | 1.05 |
| Honor | Dupre Transport LLC | 1.31 |
| Merit | Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc | 1.94 |
14 - 18.3 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Blue Flash Express LLC | 0.79 |
| Honor | Rogers Cartage Co | 0.80 |
| Merit | Usher Transport Inc | 0.92 |
8 - 14 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Harmac Transportation Inc | 0.23 |
| Honor | Kane Transport Inc | 0.89 |
| Merit | HazMat Environmental Group Inc | 0.90 |
5.9 - 8 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Grammer Industries Inc | 0.00 |
| Honor | Gorski Bulk Transport Inc | 0.73 |
| Merit | Commercial Transport Inc | 1.30 |
4 - 5.9 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Hoffman Transportation Inc | 0.00 |
| Honor | Roeder Cartage Co Inc | 0.88 |
| Merit | A D Conner | 1.40 |
3 - 4 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Great Lakes Terminal & Transport Corp | 0.00 |
| Grand | M C Tank Transport Inc | 0.00 |
| Grand | Tank Truck Transport Inc | 0.00 |
| Grand | A J Weigand Inc | 0.00 |
Less than 3 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Hoffmeier Inc | 0.00 |
| Grand | Vickery Transportation Inc | 0.00 |
| Merit | Lacy's Express Inc | 2.82 |
2003 Competitive Safety Contest — Safety Officials
Over 100 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Trimac Transportation Services Inc | Marcel Pouliot |
| Honor | Quality Distribution Inc | Richard Carr |
| Merit | The Kenan Advantage Group | Becky Perlaky |
45 - 85 Million Miles Class | | Grand | A & R Transport Inc | Mike Tallaksen |
| Honor | Ruan Transportation Management Systems | Burton Clearwater |
| Merit | Liquid Transport Corp | Mark Johnson |
36 - 45 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc | Roy Acton |
| Honor | Miller Transporters Inc | Terry Malone |
| Merit | Foodliner Inc | Mike Birkett |
18.3 - 36 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Andrews Transport Inc | Mark Bliss |
| Honor | Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc | Sandy Osofsky |
| Merit | United Petroleum Transports Inc | Michael Abercrombie |
14 - 18.3 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Ergon Trucking Inc | David Purvis |
| Honor | Blue Flash Express LLC | Chris Broussard |
| Merit | Usher Transport Inc | Michael Baker |
8 - 14 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Harmac Transportation Inc | Curtis J Roush |
| Honor | HazMat Environmental Group Inc | Nancy J Copelin |
| Merit | Petroleum Transport Company Inc | Randy Tompkins |
5.9 - 8 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Gorski Bulk Transport Inc | Bernard Gorski |
| Honor | Commercial Transport Inc | Dan Athmer |
| Merit | Crossett Inc | Jerry White |
4 - 5.9 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Hoffman Transportation Inc | Mike Tallaksen |
| Grand | McKinley Trucking Co Inc | Bill Halfmann |
| Merit | Roeder Cartage Co Inc | Chuck Cramer |
3 - 4 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Great Lakes Terminal & Transport Corp | David Strein |
| Grand | Tank Truck Transport Inc | Patrick Doran |
| Grand | A J Weigand Inc | Norman Gilbert |
Less than 3 Million Miles Class | | Grand | Carbon Express Inc | John Frezzo |
| Grand | Dow Dawson Trucking Inc | Margaret Dawson |
| Grand | Lacy's Express Inc | William J Gurney |
| Grand | Wheatfield Trucking Co | Timothy Yauck |
2003 Improvement Contest
TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR WINNER
Rogers Cartage Co, Milwaukee WI
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR WINNER
Miller Transporters Inc, Jackson MS
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR WINNER
Highway Transport Inc, Knoxville TN
EIGHTEENTH YEAR WINNER
Usher Transport Inc, Louisville KY
SEVENTEENTH YEAR WINNER
Lacy's Express Inc, Pedricktown NJ
SIXTEENTH YEAR WINNERS
Liquid Transport Corp, Indianapolis IN
A J Weigand, Inc, Dover OH
ELEVENTH YEAR WINNERS
Commercial Transport Inc, Belleville IL
Great Lakes Terminal & Transport Corp, Arlington Heights IL
RST Industries, Saint John NB, Canada
TENTH YEAR WINNERS
Eagle Transport Corporation, Rocky Mount NC
McKinley Trucking Co Inc, Carson City MI
NINTH YEAR WINNERS
Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc, Linden NJ
M C Tank Transport Inc, West Chester OH
EIGHTH YEAR WINNER
Hoffmeier Inc, Tulsa OK
SEVENTH YEAR WINNERS
Atlantic Bulk Carrier Corp, Providence Forge VA
Mission Petroleum Carriers, Inc, Houston TX
SIXTH YEAR WINNERS
Andrews Transport Inc, Ft Worth TX
Ergon Trucking Inc, Jackson MS
Island Transportation Corp, West Babylon NY
FIFTH YEAR WINNERS
Harmac Transportation Inc, North York ON, Canada
United Petroleum Transports Inc, Oklahoma City OK
FOURTH YEAR WINNERS
Blue Flash Express LLC, Zachary LA
Carbon Express Inc, Wharton NJ
Gorski Bulk Transport Inc, Oldcastle ON, Canada
HazMat Environmental Group Inc, Lackawanna NY
ITL (Iowa Tanklines Inc), Ankeny IA
Tank Truck Transport Inc, Kleinburg ON, Canada
Transwood, Inc, Omaha NE
Wheatfield Trucking Co, Milwaukee WI
THIRD YEAR WINNERS
A D Conner, Frankfort IL
Hoffman Transportation Inc, Morris IL
SECOND YEAR WINNERS
Bulkmatic Transport Company, Griffith IN
Dow Dawson Trucking Inc, Escanaba MI
Lone Star Trucking Inc, Bakersfield CA
Ruan Transportation Management Systems, Des Moines IA
FIRST YEAR WINNERS
Crossett Inc, Warren PA
J & M Tank Lines Inc, Americus GA
Martin Transport Inc, Kilgore TX
Northwest Tank Lines Inc, Langley BC, Canada
Petroleum Transport Company Inc, Mt Airy NC
Roeder Cartage Co Inc, Lima OH
