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MHC Safety Team Nationally Recognized for Excellence

Murphy-Hoffman Company (MHC) won the Safety Excellence award from the National Safety Council’s Green Cross for Safety program. MHC was recognized for its highly effective vehicle safety program, which was developed in 2012 to train employees on the importance of defensive driving skills.

The National Safety Council Green Cross for Safety awards recognize a variety of outstanding projects and organizations working to support the mission to save lives and prevent injuries. Companies that win in the Safety Excellence category have a proven track record for boosting driver safety. This is the first time MHC has earned this prestigious designation. The program’s champion, Corporate Safety Manager Clint Brocato, accepted the award on behalf of MHC.

“This national recognition is a testament to our employees’ commitment to safety every time they get behind the wheel,” MHC CEO Mike Murphy said. “Some of our drivers average over 50,000 miles in an MHC vehicle annually. Our Safety department has done an outstanding job of supporting MHC’s mission to provide employees with a responsive, safe and superior working environment. They have aided us in decreasing collisions while increasing driver awareness.”

Ruan Welcomes U.S. Senators Ernst and Rubio for Visit

In his first trip to Iowa since he ran for president in 2016, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said he’s focused on helping the friends he made in the first-in-the-nation caucus state while gearing up for his own reelection bid in the state of Florida. One of the visits he had during his trip was with Senator Ernst to the Ruan’s operating center in Ankeny. The Senator discussed Ruan’s strategies for creating news jobs and supporting economic grown in the community.

Senator Ernst has always been a strong advocate for the trucking industry in Iowa.

Senator Joni Ernst, Senator Marco Rubio, Ruan CEO Ben McLean

Tucker Freight Lines Driver Awarded Highest Driver Honor from TCA

The Truckload Carriers Association announced owner-operator Bryan Smith of Tucker Freight Lines as the winner of the OwnerOperator of the Year competition.

Smith has been driving in some form or fashion for Tucker Freight Lines (formerly Art Pape Transfer) for nearly 28 of his 30 years in trucking. He got his first trucking job with Schneider when he left the United States Marine Corps in 1991, then joined Art Pape in 1993. Throughout his nearly 30-year trucking career, Smith has amassed more than 3 million safe driving miles, a milestone that he surpassed in 2019. He’s done so pulling a step-deck/RGN, hauling a variety of freight including, machinery, steel, stone, brick and lumber.

Cummins Sales VP Amy Boerger, TCA Driver of the Year Bryan Smith, Tucker Freight Lines’ A.J. Tucker, and Randall-Reilly’s Chip Magner.

Introducing IMTA’s New Elected Leadership for 2022

We look forward to working with the newly elected IMTA Officers and the full IMTA Board to continue to make progress on many important trucking priorities in 2022.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD BRENDA DITTMER

VICE PRESIDENT WEINRICH TRUCK LINE (HINTON, IOWA)

VICE CHAIRMAN HUGH EKBERG

PRESIDENT & CEO CRST THE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION (CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA)

FIRST VICE CHAIRMAN ADRIAN DICKEY

PRESIDENT DICKEY TRANSPORT (PACKWOOD, IOWA)

TREASURER STEVE SCHUSTER

PRESIDENT SCHUSTER CO. (LE MARS, IOWA)

SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN SCOTT SZYMANEK

PRESIDENT & CFO ELDON C. STUTSMAN INC. (HILLS, IOWA)

SECRETARY JOHN SMITH

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD CRST THE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION ADMIRALTY HOLDINGS, INC. (CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA)

EPA Recognizes Iowa Logistics and Freight Companies as SmartWay Partners

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is honoring five Iowa truck carriers, logistics providers and freight shippers as industry leaders in supply chain, environmental and energy efficiency with its annual SmartWay Excellence Awards.

The Iowa awardees are CRST Dedicated Services Inc., Cedar Rapids; CRST Expedited Inc., Cedar Rapids; Decker Truck Line, Fort Dodge; Heartland Express Inc. of Iowa, North Liberty; and Ruan Transportation Management Systems Inc., Des Moines. The awardees represent the top-performing, environmentally responsible SmartWay Partners that move more goods, with lower emissions and less energy.

“Freight partners have a direct impact on all our region’s communities as they provide an essential service to our citizens,” said Acting EPA Region 7 Administrator Edward Chu. “We commend them for their voluntary environmental vigilance and invite other companies to join them in helping tackle the climate crisis.”

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