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ConocoPhillips Recognizes Trucking Firms

ConocoPhillips recently honored 13 truck carriers for excellence in safety, service and quality. The awards were presented at the company’s third Truck Carrier Conference.

by Staff
July 5, 2006
2 min to read


ConocoPhillips recently honored 13 truck carriers for excellence in safety, service and quality. The awards were presented at the company’s third Truck Carrier Conference.

The ConocoPhillips Carrier Council includes representatives from trucking companies that serve ConocoPhillips and managers from ConocoPhillips’ Truck, Rail and Logistics Solutions (TR&LS) division. The awards and recipients include:

EXTRA-MILE AWARD
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

This award is presented to a company that, in addition to fulfilling ConocoPhillips’ conditions for doing business, has embraced the TR&LS vision to be a Logistics Center of Excellence. Using out-of-the-box thinking, the award winner assisted ConocoPhillips in building a freight process for procured materials, providing complete visibility of data and enabling the company to better manage and optimize its supply chain.

Business Support Excellence Award
Mystic Tank Lines Light products
Ergon Trucking Inc. Specialties
Arrow Trucking Co. Non-bulk

This award recognizes ConocoPhillips’ key business partners who have distinguished themselves for their level of support services and timely communication with the company, resulting in mutual efficiencies. The recipients of this award consistently deliver on their promises, meet time commitments, and work with ConocoPhillips to build electronic data transfer capabilities to improve efficiencies.

CUSTOMER SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD
Midland Oil Non-retail light products
Beneto Bulk Transport LLC Retail products
Petron Inc. Specialties

This award recognizes organizations and individuals who have exceeded ConocoPhillips’ customer service expectations. The professionalism exhibited by these companies has a positive impact on the customers’ perception of ConocoPhillips as a supplier.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
Jet Star Inc. Non-retail light products
Reinhard Petroleum LLC Retail light products
Andrews Logistics Inc. Specialties

This award recognizes companies that demonstrate understanding of win-win relationships and the importance of their role in ConocoPhillips’ success.

EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT IN A SPECIFIC MARKET
Beneto Bulk Transport LLC West Coast light oils market
United Petroleum Transports Houston & San Antonio aviation market

This award recognizes organizations that have provided excellent service in new market areas or in areas with particularly difficult and complex service requirements.

RPM (Responsive Partner of Merit) Award
Acme Truck Lines Inc. Groendyke Transport
Arrow Trucking Co. Jet Star Inc.
Ergon Trucking Inc. United Petroleum Transports

This award recognizes the carriers that worked in a collaborative manner with ConocoPhillips to help the company’s operations recover in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

ConocoPhillips is an integrated petroleum company with interests around the world. For more information, go to www.conocophillips.com.

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