The TCA Safety Professional of the Year - Clare C. Casey Award

Presented annually, the TCA Safety Professional of the Year, the Clare C. Casey Award, recognizes a person whose actions and achievements have had a profound and positive impact on safety on our highways and is dedicated to serving the industry, his/her company and the motoring public. Eligibility for the award is as follows:

Must be employed full-time by a trucking company with motor carrier operating authority and is directing safety activities for its fleet at the supervisory level;

Must have five years of full-time employment experience as a safety professional with a trucking company with motor carrier operating authority; and,

Must be employed by a trucking company that is a for-hire carrier member of the Truckload Carriers Association.

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Carrier of the Month
Mercer Transportation

Ranked among the top carriers in the U.S., Mercer Transportation has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s leading owner operator companies. For nearly forty years, Mercer has built a family of contractors on the foundation of honesty, professional freedom and experience.

Mercer is an irregular route carrier that operates an owner operator fleet of more than 2,300 trucks with no company-owned equipment. Primarily, Mercer is a truckload carrier of general commodities, offering flatbed, stepdeck and dry van services. Their logistics system operates with authority for the continental United States, Canada and interline contracts into Mexico.

The Mercer headquarters in Louisville, KY is proud to maintain a family atmosphere that encourages contractors to make themselves at home. Their open door policy welcomes contractors to work directly with their freight coordinator and the Mercer staff. In addition, Mercer’s on-site driver lounge offers TV rooms, complimentary showers and laundry room, and 24 hour truck parking to ensure the comfort of all visiting contractors.

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Mercer is a 100% Owner Operator Company and ranked among the top carriers in the nation. They are seeking dependable Owner Operators NOW who are ready to make their business successful!

For 40 years Mercer Transportation has built a family of Contractors on the foundation of honesty, professional freedom and experience. They know their Contractors drive the company’s  success and in turn Mercer treats them right. Their open-door policy and family atmosphere will make you feel at home right away.

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Mercer Transportation - The Owner Operator Company!

Andra Rush is Winner of the 2017 Women In Trucking Association’s
Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award (DWLA)

Women In Trucking Association (WIT) is pleased to announce Andra Rush as the winner of the 2017 Women In Trucking Association’s Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award (DWLA).

The announcement was made today during the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) 2017 “Capital Ideas” Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The award is sponsored by Truckstop.com. Rush was chosen among three finalists for the third annual award. The other finalists included Lacy Starling, president, Legion Logistics, LLC and Karen Duff, president and CEO, International Express Trucking, Inc. (IXT).

Rush is chair and CEO of Rush Trucking Corporation, CEO and president of Dakkota Integrated Systems, and chair, CEO and president of Detroit Manufacturing Systems. She leads the largest woman-owned business in Michigan, and one of the largest Native American-owned enterprises in the U.S. Her mission from the very beginning has been to create sustainable job opportunities in under served communities.

Today, Rush Trucking transports goods for Fortune 100 companies across the U.S. and Canada with 1,100 trucks and 700 drivers.

The auto supplier was named Supplier of the Year for quality and world-class manufacturing by Chrysler Group in 2013 and Supplier of the Year for three consecutive years, 2013, 2014 and 2015, by General Motors.

President Barack Obama acknowledged Rush during his 2014 State of the Union address for creating manufacturing jobs in Detroit with the June 2012 opening of Detroit Manufacturing Systems – the first such plant opening in the city in decades.

Rush served two terms from 2013 to 2016 as a member of the U.S. Manufacturing Council, which regularly advises the U.S. Commerce Secretary on matters related to government policies and programs and their impact on the U.S. manufacturing sector.

She was honored in 2015 by the Michigan Women’s Foundation with its Women of Achievement and Courage Award, and inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame in 2014 for innovative job creation and manufacturing ingenuity.

“Andra Rush is an amazing leader who epitomizes the type of woman we honor with this award,” said Ellen Voie, president and CEO of Women In Trucking. “She is someone who has set a higher bar for all of us to attain and who continues to inspire us with her accomplishments.”