The South Carolina Trucking Assn. presented Milliken and Co., a Spartanburg-based firm, with the industry's top safety award.
Milliken had the lowest accident frequency rate of the many South Carolina fleets considered for the award. They ran 3.8 million miles in 2002 out of their Clinton transportation facility. Milliken's trucking fleet provides distribution services for locations in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.
Thompson Trucking Co. of Charleston, won the Most Improve Award for its accident reduction efforts.
First place awards for various categories of operations were also presented to the following companies with in-state fleets:
General Commodities Division: Ard Trucking Co. Inc.; C & C Trucking of Duncan Inc.; Springs Industries Inc.; Con-Way Southern Express; G & P Trucking Co. Inc.; Broadridge Transport Inc.; Consolidated Cargo Carriers Inc.; Bulldog Hiway Express; FedEx Freight East; Overnite Transportation Co.; Southeastern Freight Lines Inc.; Golden Strip Transfer Inc.; Smith Trucking Co.; and StarTrans Inc.
Private Carrier Division: Milliken & Co.; New South Express Inc.; W. Lee Flowers & Co. Inc.; and Bi-Lo LLC.
Aggregate Hauler Division: J. Grady Randolph Inc.; and Thompson Trucking Co. Inc.
Heavy Hauler Division: J & B Transport; Tidewater Transportation Inc.; and Superior Transportation Inc.
Tank Division: LADA Truck Lines; Tidewater Transit Co. Inc.; and Associated Petroleum Carriers Inc.
For more information on the trucking industry and its safety programs, contact SCTA at (803) 799-4306 or visit their web site at www.sctrucking.org.
Truckers Recognize Safest S.C. Fleets
The South Carolina Trucking Assn. presented Milliken and Co., a Spartanburg-based firm, with the industry's top safety award.
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