A & R Transport wins top NTTC safety award

April 1, 2005
WITH AN accident frequency of 0.169 accidents per million miles for 2004, A & R Transport Inc won the Outstanding Performance Trophy in the National Tank

WITH AN accident frequency of 0.169 accidents per million miles for 2004, A & R Transport Inc won the Outstanding Performance Trophy in the National Tank Truck Carriers 2004 Tank Truck Safety Contest. This is the first time the Joliet, Illinois-based carrier has won the prestigious NTTC award.

A & R Transport was selected from a group of 13 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 “50 to 90 million miles class” in the Competitive Safety Contest and the Honor Award in that same mileage category for the Personnel Safety Contest.

The management team leading the winning company includes Jim Bedeker, chief executive officer; Paul Sweeden, president; and Mike Tallaksen, vice-president of safety.

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: Ted Turner, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Randy Speight, American Chemistry Council; Robert Brown, Department of Transportation (retired); and Steve Campbell, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

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 Phoenix, Arizona, in March. Winning companies will be recognized at NTTC's 57th Annual Conference and Tank Truck Equipment Show in Chicago, Illinois, May 9-11.

2004 COMPETITIVE SAFETY CONTEST

Over 100 Million Miles ClassGrand Trimac Transportation Services Inc .394 Honor Quality Distribution Inc .573 Merit The Kenan Advantage Group Inc .930 50 - 90 Million Miles ClassGrand A & R Transport Inc .169 Honor Groendyke Transport Inc .481 Merit Transport Service Co .512 38 - 50 Million Miles ClassGrand Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc .378 Honor Liquid Transport Corp .431 Merit Schwerman Trucking Co .538 21.5 - 38 Million Miles ClassGrand Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc .260 Honor Distribution Technologies Inc .268 Merit Jack B Kelley Inc .324 15 - 21.5 Million Miles ClassGrand RST Industries .180 Honor Dana Transport .280 Merit Usher Transport Inc .322 11 - 15 Million Miles ClassGrand Harmac Transportation Inc .072 Honor Bulk Transportation .407 Merit Material Delivery Service Inc .458 7.5 - 11 Million Miles ClassGrand Kane Transport Inc .387 Honor LCL Bulk Transport Inc .407 Merit Heniff Transportation Systems Inc .430 5 - 7.5 Million Miles ClassGrand Gorski Bulk Transport Inc .180 Honor Hoffman Transportation Inc .200 Merit B-H Transfer Co .289 3 - 5 Million Miles ClassGrand Schiber Truck Company Inc 0.00 Honor MC Tank Transport Inc .226 Merit Great Lakes Terminal & Transport Corp .236 Less than 3 Million Miles ClassGrand Cooney's Farm Services Ltd 0.00 Grand Lacy's Express Inc 0.00 Grand Vickery Transportation Inc 0.00 Grand Wheatfield Trucking Co 0.00

2004 PERSONNEL SAFETY CONTEST

Over 100 Million Miles ClassGrand Quality Distribution Inc 0.52 Honor Trimac Transportation Services Inc 1.33 Merit The Kenan Advantage Group Inc 2.51 50 - 90 Million Miles ClassGrand Transport Service Co 0.74 Honor A & R Transport Inc 0.79 Merit Foodliner Inc 1.59 38 - 50 Million Miles ClassGrand Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc 0.96 Honor Liquid Transport Corp 1.72 Merit Bulkmatic Transport Company 2.00 21.5 - 38 Million Miles ClassGrand Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc 1.22 Honor Andrews Transport Inc 1.38 Merit Jack B Kelley Inc 1.75 15 - 21.5 Million Miles ClassGrand Usher Transport Inc 0.45 Honor Dupre' Transport LLC 0.50 Merit Rogers Cartage Co 0.61 11 - 15 Million Miles ClassGrand Harmac Transportation Inc 0.22 Honor Bulk Transportation 2.78 Merit CLI Transport LP 2.94 7.5 - 11 Million Miles ClassGrand Heniff Transportation Systems Inc 0.00 Honor Atlantic Bulk Carrier Corporation 0.67 Merit Kane Transport Inc 0.83 5 - 7.5 Million Miles ClassGrand Gorski Bulk Transport Inc 0.00 Grand Grammer Industries Inc 0.00 Grand Hoffman Transportation Inc 0.00 3 - 5 Million Miles ClassGrand Schiber Truck Company Inc 0.00 Honor A J Weigand Inc 1.07 Merit MC Tank Transport Inc 1.51 Less than 3 Million Miles ClassGrand Cooney's Farm Services Ltd 0.00 Grand Lacy's Express Inc 0.00 Grand Vickery Transportation Inc 0.00 Grand Wheatfield Trucking Co 0.00

2004 IMPROVEMENT CONTEST

TWENTIETH YEAR WINNER

Transport Service Co, Hinsdale IL

NINETEENTH YEAR WINNER

Usher Transport Inc, Louisville KY

EIGHTEENTH YEAR WINNERS

Hitchcock Bros Inc, Canaan CT

Lacy's Express Inc, Pedricktown NJ

SEVENTEENTH YEAR WINNERS

Groendyke Transport Inc, Enid OK

Liquid Transport Corp, Indianapolis IN

FOURTEENTH YEAR WINNERS

Distribution Technologies Inc, Newbury OH

Dupre' Transport LLC, Lafayette LA

Schiber Truck Company Inc, Hartford IL

Schwerman Trucking Co, Milwaukee WI

TWELFTH YEAR WINNERS

Ee-Jay Motor Transports Inc, East St Louis IL

RST Industries, Saint John NB

ELEVENTH YEAR WINNER

Trimac Transportation Services Inc, Calgary AB

TENTH YEAR WINNERS

Enterprise Transportation Company, Houston TX

Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc, Linden NJ

MC Tank Transport Inc, West Chester OH

Slay Transportation Co Inc, St Louis MO

NINTH YEAR WINNER

Hoffmeier Inc, Tulsa OK

EIGHTH YEAR WINNERS

North American Bulk Transport Inc, Milwaukee WI

Schneider National Bulk, Green Bay WI

SEVENTH YEAR WINNERS

Island Transportation Corp, West Babylon NY

Stahly Cartage Co, Edwardsville IL

SIXTH YEAR WINNERS

Harmac Transportation Inc, North York ON

Kane Transport Inc, Sauk Centre MN

FIFTH YEAR WINNERS

R O Harrell Inc, South Boston VA

Transwood Inc, Omaha NE

Wheatfield Trucking Co, Milwaukee WI

FOURTH YEAR WINNERS

B-H Transfer Co, Sandersville GA

CLI Transport LP, Claysburg PA

Dana Transport, Avenel NJ

Dixon Bros Inc, Newcastle WY

THIRD YEAR WINNERS

Bulkmatic Transport Co, Griffith IN

Foodliner Inc, Dubuque IA

Jack B Kelley Inc, Amarillo TX

Ruan Transportation Management Systems, Des Moines IA

Superior Carriers Inc, Oak Brook IL

SECOND YEAR WINNER

Grammer Industries Inc, Grammer IN

FIRST YEAR WINNERS

Andrews Logistics Inc, Irving TX

Atlantic Tank Lines Corporation, Sandston VA

Bulk Transportation, Walnut CA

Cooney's Farm Services Ltd, High River AB

Cox Petroleum Transportation, Bakersfield CA

Heniff Transportation Systems Inc, Alsip IL

The Kenan Advantage Group Inc, Canton OH

Material Delivery Service Inc, Pelham AL

Quality Distribution Inc, Tampa FL

Truck Transport Inc, St Louis MO

Vickery Transportation Inc, Vickery OH

2004 COMPETITIVE SAFETY CONTEST - SAFETY OFFICIALS

Over 100 Million Miles ClassGrand Trimac Transportation Services Inc Marcel Pouliot Honor Quality Distribution Inc Jeff St Pierre Merit The Kenan Advantage Group Inc Becky Perlaky 50-90 Million Miles ClassGrand A & R Transport Inc Mike Tallaksen Honor Groendyke Transport Inc Steve Niswander Merit Transport Service Co Tom Hosty 38 - 50 Million Miles ClassGrand Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc Roy Acton Honor Liquid Transport Corp Mark Johnson Merit Schwerman Trucking Co Tim Yauck 21.5 - 38 Million Miles ClassGrand Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc Sanford Osofsky Honor Distribution Technologies Inc Randy Vaughn Merit Jack B Kelley Inc Lee Drury 15 - 21.5 Million Miles ClassGrand RST Industries Darrel Nickerson Honor Dana Transport Tom Battista Merit Usher Transport Inc Michael Baker 11 - 15 Million Miles ClassGrand Harmac Transportation Inc Curtis J Roush Honor Bulk Transportation Jerry Bingham Merit Material Delivery Service Inc Ken Matlock 7.5 - 11 Million Miles ClassGrand Kane Transport Inc Leon Kozlowski Honor LCL Bulk Transport Inc Michael Ott Merit Heniff Transportation Systems Inc Kenneth Pate 5 - 7.5 Million Miles ClassGrand Gorski Bulk Transport Inc Bernard Gorski Honor Hoffman Transportation Inc Mike Tallaksen Merit B-H Transfer Co Tommy Cauthen 3 - 5 Million Miles ClassGrand Schiber Truck Company Inc Neil McInnis Jr Honor MC Tank Transport Inc Don Frybarger Merit Great Lakes Terminal & Transport Corp David Strein Less than 3 Million Miles ClassGrand Cooney's Farm Services Ltd Douglas Coonfer Grand Lacy's Express Inc Earle Kubat Grand Vickery Transportation Inc Paul Baute Grand Wheatfield Trucking Co Timothy Yauck

NTTC exhibitor list

Company Name Booth Number Accuride Corporation 32 Alcoa Wheel Products 34 Allegheny Coupling Co 11 Allison Transmission 47 AmeriQuest 25 Arvin Meritor Inc 17-18 Beall Corporation 33 Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems 39-40 Betts Industries 19 Brenner Tank LLC 57-58 C & B Transportation 26 Civacon/Knappco/Sure Seal 24 Comptank Corp 31 Consolidated Metco 41 Dixon Bayco USA 43 Fort Vale Inc 15 Gardner Denver 28 Girard Equipment Inc 29 Heil Trailer International 37-38 Hendrickson International 9 LBT Inc 48 Lexington Insurance Co 5 MGM Brakes 36 Mack Trucks Inc 22-23 Milwaukee Valve Co 13 Polar Tank Trailer LLC 3-4 Roadranger-Eaton and Dana 21 Salco Products Inc 14 Scully Signal Co 6 Surge Control 42 Trailer Transit Inc 56 Transport Resources Inc 20 Tripmaster Corp 27 XL Specialty Ins Co 12