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 ClassGrand Trimac Transportation Services Inc .406 Honor Quality Distribution Inc .615 Merit The Kenan Advantage Group Inc 1.03 45 - 85 Million Miles ClassGrand A & R Transport Inc .167 Honor Ruan Transportation Management Systems .271 Merit Liquid Transport Corp .442 36 - 45 Million Miles ClassGrand Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc .250 Honor Miller Transporters Inc .447 Merit Foodliner Inc .672 18.3 - 36 Million Miles ClassGrand Andrews Transport Inc .204 Honor Linden Bulk Transportation Co Inc .302 Merit United Petroleum Transports Inc .306 14 - 18.3 Million Miles ClassGrand Ergon Trucking Inc .262 Honor Blue Flash Express LLC .282 Merit Usher Transport Inc .338 8 - 14 Million Miles ClassGrand Harmac Transportation Inc .076 Honor HazMat Environmental Group Inc .102 Merit Petroleum Transport Company Inc .237 5.9 - 8 Million Miles ClassGrand Gorski Bulk Transport Inc .160 Honor Commercial Transport Inc .161 Merit Crossett Inc .338 4 - 5.9 Million Miles ClassGrand Hoffman Transportation Inc 0.00 Grand McKinley Trucking Co Inc 0.00 Merit Roeder Cartage Co Inc .200 3 - 4 Million Miles ClassGrand 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 ClassGrand Carbon Express Inc 0.00 Grand Dow Dawson Trucking Inc 0.00 Grand Lacy's Express Inc 0.00 Grand Wheatfield Trucking Co 0.002003 Personnel Safety Contest
Over 100 Million Miles ClassGrand Quality Distribution Inc 0.62 Honor Trimac Transportation Services Inc 1.48 45 - 85 Million Miles ClassGrand A & R Transport Inc 0.31 Honor Transport Service Co 1.10 Merit Liquid Transport Corp 1.78 36 - 45 Million Miles ClassGrand Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc 0.70 Honor Transwood Inc 1.67 Merit Slay Transportation Co Inc 1.79 18.3 - 36 Million Miles ClassGrand 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 ClassGrand Blue Flash Express LLC 0.79 Honor Rogers Cartage Co 0.80 Merit Usher Transport Inc 0.92 8 - 14 Million Miles ClassGrand Harmac Transportation Inc 0.23 Honor Kane Transport Inc 0.89 Merit HazMat Environmental Group Inc 0.90 5.9 - 8 Million Miles ClassGrand Grammer Industries Inc 0.00 Honor Gorski Bulk Transport Inc 0.73 Merit Commercial Transport Inc 1.30 4 - 5.9 Million Miles ClassGrand Hoffman Transportation Inc 0.00 Honor Roeder Cartage Co Inc 0.88 Merit A D Conner 1.40 3 - 4 Million Miles ClassGrand 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 ClassGrand Hoffmeier Inc 0.00 Grand Vickery Transportation Inc 0.00 Merit Lacy's Express Inc 2.822003 Competitive Safety Contest — Safety Officials
Over 100 Million Miles ClassGrand Trimac Transportation Services Inc Marcel Pouliot Honor Quality Distribution Inc Richard Carr Merit The Kenan Advantage Group Becky Perlaky 45 - 85 Million Miles ClassGrand A & R Transport Inc Mike Tallaksen Honor Ruan Transportation Management Systems Burton Clearwater Merit Liquid Transport Corp Mark Johnson 36 - 45 Million Miles ClassGrand Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc Roy Acton Honor Miller Transporters Inc Terry Malone Merit Foodliner Inc Mike Birkett 18.3 - 36 Million Miles ClassGrand 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 ClassGrand Ergon Trucking Inc David Purvis Honor Blue Flash Express LLC Chris Broussard Merit Usher Transport Inc Michael Baker 8 - 14 Million Miles ClassGrand 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 ClassGrand Gorski Bulk Transport Inc Bernard Gorski Honor Commercial Transport Inc Dan Athmer Merit Crossett Inc Jerry White 4 - 5.9 Million Miles ClassGrand Hoffman Transportation Inc Mike Tallaksen Grand McKinley Trucking Co Inc Bill Halfmann Merit Roeder Cartage Co Inc Chuck Cramer 3 - 4 Million Miles ClassGrand 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 ClassGrand 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 Yauck2003 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