State Fleet Safety Award Winners Announced

PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - April 22, 2009) - Oregon Trucking Associations is proud to announce the 2008 Oregon State Fleet Safety Award Winners. Winners are selected based off of their 2008 safety records, additional awards and acknowledgements and finally their participation in OTA safety initiatives and events. Winners were announced at the OTA 2009 Spring Safety Conference April 15 at the Resort at the Mountain in Welches.

The OTA would like to thank our winners for their commitment to safety and congratulate them for their hard work!

2008 Fleet Safety Grand Champion
    Con-way Freight

Bulk/Tank/Heavy Haul
   1. Roseburg Forest Products - Dillard, OR
   2. Blue Line Transportation - Portland, OR

Cartage/Movers/Warehouse
   1. Independent Dispatch, Inc - Portland, OR
   2. Lile International Companies, Inc - Statewide locations
      including Eugene, Salem & Tigard
   3. Brown Transfer - Tualatin, OR

Common Carrier Less Than Truckload - Less than 5 Million Miles
    1. Con-way Freight - Statewide locations
       including Eugene, Wilsonville & Portland
    2. ABF Freight System, Inc - Portland, OR
    3. Peninsula Truck Lines, Inc - Portland, OR

Common Carrier Less Than Truckload - Over 5 Million Miles
    1. FedEx Freight - Portland, OR
    2. USF Reddaway, Inc - Statewide locations including Albany, Clackamas
       & Eugene
    3. Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc - Statewide locations
       including Medford & Portland

Common Carrier Truckload - Less than 3 Million Miles
    1. FV Martin Trucking - White City, OR
    2. McGinn Bros Trucking - Haines, OR
    3. PSTL - Longview & Seattle, WA

Common Carrier Truckload - Over 3 Million Miles
    1. Koos Transportation LLC - Coos Bay, OR
    2. NPE, Inc - Eugene, OR
    3. TP Trucking - Central Point, OR

Private Carrier - Less than 1 Million Miles
    1. Roseburg Forest Products - Dillard, OR
    2. Pepsi Northwest Beverages - Mt. Angel, OR
    3. Norton Cattle Co - Madras, OR

Private Carrier - Over 1 Million Miles
    1. Weyerhaeuser Trucking - Albany, OR
    2. Bi-Mart Corporation - Eugene, OR
    3. Foster Farms - Kelso, WA

For more information about the OTA Fleet Safety Awards and Winners, please contact OTA Director of Events & Publications Kalle Applegate at (503) 513-0005 or applegate@ortrucking.org