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May 1, 2003 12:00 PM

TRIMAC Transportation Services Inc, Calgary, Alberta, became the first Canada-based carrier to win the Outstanding Performance Trophy in the National Tank Truck Carriers 2002 Tank Truck Safety Contest. Trimac was selected from a group of 11 tank truck carriers that won the Grand Award in their respective mileage categories for the calendar year.

Trimac Transportation won the top safety award with a frequency of 0.362 accidents per million miles in 2002. The tank fleet also is taking home the Grand Award as the winner in the “Over 100 Million Miles Class” in the Competitive Safety Contest, the Honor Award in that same mileage category for the Personnel Safety Contest, and a 10-year Improvement Award.

Leading the winning company is a management team that includes Jeff McCaig, president and chief executive officer; Marcel Pouliot, vice-president of safety services & security; and Neil Vorhees, director of safety for US operations.

Heil Trailer International of Chattanooga, Tennessee, awards the Outstanding Performance Trophy annually. It 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: Ron Ashby of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Baltimore field office; Cathy Evans, Motor Freight Carriers Association; Captain Ken Carr of the Florida Department of Transportation; and Bill Mahorney of the American Bus Association.

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 program were presented in March at the NTTC Tank Truck Safety Council annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. Winning companies will be recognized at NTTC's 55th Annual Conference & Tank Truck Equipment Show in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 18-20.

NTTC 2002 Improvement Contest

TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR WINNER
McKenzie Tank Lines Inc, Tallahassee FL

TWENTIETH YEAR WINNER
Highway Transport Inc, Knoxville TN

NINETEENTH YEAR WINNER
Transport Service Co, Hinsdale IL

SEVENTEENTH YEAR WINNER
Hitchcock Bros Inc, Canaan CT

SIXTEENTH YEAR WINNERS
Groendyke Transport Inc, Enid OK
Lacy's Express Inc, Pedricktown NJ

FIFTEENTH YEAR WINNERS
Liquid Transport Corp, Indianapolis IN
A J Welgand Inc, Dover OH

THIRTEENTH YEAR WINNERS
Dupre' Transport LLC, Lafayette LA
Schiber Truck Company Inc, Hartford IL
Schwerman Trucking Co, Milwaukee WI

ELEVENTH YEAR WINNER
Ee-Jay Motor Transports Inc, East St Louis IL

TENTH YEAR WINNERS
Commercial Transport Inc, Belleville IL
Great Lakes Terminal & Transport Corp, Arlington Heights IL
Trimac Transportation Services Inc, Calgary AB, Canada

NINTH YEAR WINNERS
McKinley Trucking Co Inc, Carson City MI
Wynne Transport Service Inc, Omaha NE

SEVENTH YEAR WINNERS
North American Bulk Transport Inc, Wampum PA
Schneider National Bulk, Green Bay WI

SIXTH YEAR WINNERS
Logistics Express Inc, Orange CA
Stahly Cartage Co, Edwardsville IL

FIFTH YEAR WINNERS
Andrews Transport Inc, Ft Worth TX
Ergon Trucking Inc, Jackson MS
Island Transportation Corp, West Babylon NY
Kane Transport Inc, Sauk Centre MN

FOURTH YEAR WINNERS
A&R Transport Inc, Joliet IL
Harmac Transportation Inc, North York ON, Canada
R O Harrell Inc, South Boston VA
United Petroleum Transports Inc, Oklahoma City OK

THIRD YEAR WINNERS
Blue Flash Express LLC, Zachary LA
CLI Transport LLP, Altoona PA
Carbon Express Inc, Wharton NJ
CAST Transportation Inc, Henderson CO
Dana Transport, Avenel NJ
Dixon Bros Inc, Newcastle WY
Iowa Tanklines Inc, Ankeny IA
Tank Truck Transport Inc, Kleinburg ON, Canada
Transwood Inc, Omaha NE
Wheatfield Trucking Co, Milwaukee WI

SECOND YEAR WINNERS
A D Conner, Frankfort IL
Foodliner Inc, Dubuque IA

FIRST YEAR WINNERS
H O Bouchard, Hampden ME
Coastal Transport Co Inc, San Antonio TX
Dow Dawson Trucking Inc, Escanaba MI
Grammer Industries Inc, Grammer IN
LCL Bulk Transport Inc, Green Bay WI
Liquiterminals Ltd, Mississauga ON, Canada
Lone Star Trucking Inc, Bakersfield CA
Ozinga Transportation Systems Inc, Hazelcrest IL
Service Transport Co, Houston TX
Single Source Transportation (Ruan), Des Moines IA

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