HOUSTON—Tank Truck Week 2023 is on the clock.
This year’s “Bulk City” edition of North America’s largest tank truck industry event concluded Wednesday evening with the return of the National Tank Truck Carriers Safety & Security Council’s annual awards banquet at the Marriott Marquis Houston, where the 2021 Safety Professionals of the Year were revealed.
Steven Grabas of Lacy’s Express earned that prestigious title in the Sutherland division of NTTC’s North American Safety Awards, and Service Transport Company president Wade Harrison accepted the honor of behalf of his company’s entire safety department in the Harvison division. In addition, the association celebrated the career of former Safety & Security Council national chairman Dan Athmer; and officially named Jim Anderson, Florida Rock & Tank Lines’ vice president of safety and risk management, the council’s next national chair.
The first safety awards banquet in the post-pandemic era punctuated four education- and equipment-packed days at the Marriott Marquis and George R. Brown Convention Center exhibit hall—where more than 1,000 people attended Tank Truck Week in the longest-running NTTC event’s first trip to Houston in eight years.
Bulk Transporter was there for all of it—and will be unpacking key content delivered in the coming weeks, both online and in upcoming print editions of the magazine. So keep an eye out for reports on NTTC’s critical industry branding efforts, the mounting concern surrounding “nurdle” cleanup at transloading sites, the latest on industry compensation and benefits, Quantix’s electric truck journey, ISO tank container growth in the U.S., and much more.
In the meantime, check out this image gallery highlighting the latest tank truck equipment and technology that filled 221,250 square feet of exhibition space.
The next Tank Truck Week is slated for Oct. 8-10, 2023, in Indianapolis, Ind.