ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Today, American Trucking Associations recognized the
winners of several of the industry's top honors as part of the
association's Leadership and Awards Luncheon at its annual
Management Conference & Exhibition.
"This industry provides constant examples of hard work and
professionalism exhibited by its people on a daily basis," said
ATA President and CEO Chris
Spear. "Today, we take a moment to honor groups of
people and companies that have gone above and beyond in the pursuit
of excellence to earn the title of champion and promote safety
throughout our vital industry."
Among those honored here today were:
- Roland Bolduc, a professional
driver with FedEx Express from East
Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and the 2017 National Truck
Driving Championships Bendix Grand Champion;
- Mark McLean, a FedEx Freight
technician from Montgomery, New
York, who won his third Grand Champion title at the TMC
SuperTech competition;
- ATA National Truck Driver of the Year Gary Plant, a
professional driver with Walmart Transportation in Loveland, Colorado. Plant has more than 41
years of professional driving and has accumulated 4.4 million
accident-free miles.
In addition, ATA also honored three fleets with the ATA's
President's Award:
- Fortune Transportation is a for-hire, general commodities
truckload fleet in Windom,
Minnesota, for fleets under 25 million miles;
- A. Duie Pyle, West Chester, Pennsylvania, for fleets between
25 million and 100 million miles and;
- Ruan Transportation headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, for fleets with more than
100 million miles.
The ATA President's Award goes to fleets who demonstrate
innovative approaches to safety and go above and beyond to keep
America's highways safe.
ATA will be announcing the winners of National Safety Director
of the Year and National Safety Professional Award of Excellence at
the Safety, Security & Human Resources National Conference
& Exhibition, November 14-16 in
Nashville, Tennessee.
In addition, ATA announced the winners of its first annual 5K
Fun Run/Walk, sponsored by Velociti and Rolling Strong. In the
men's category, the winners were: Eric
Parker, Mirza Kazarcin and Kevin
Forbes. And in the women's category, the winners were:
Anna Spear, Yulia Lama and Rachel
Cooper. The top finishing America's Road Team Captain was
Dion Saiz, FedEx Freight.
American Trucking Associations is the largest
national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a
federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and
industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the
industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight.
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