The tanker segment of trucking has long been measured by how well it manages risk, training, and accountability. That standard was reinforced this week as the National Tank Truck Carriers announced the first-round results of its 2025 North American Safety Contest.
The opening phase of the competition highlights carriers that posted the lowest accident frequency in their respective mileage classes, with results verified by independent auditors. These Round 1 honorees now move forward in the process that ultimately determines the safest tank truck fleets in North America.
Final safety champions will be unveiled on April 22 at NTTC’s 2026 Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
“The Grand Champion designation reflects outstanding performance across a range of safety metrics, including accident frequency, compliance history, and safety program implementation.”
How the Safety Contest Works
The North American Safety Contest is open to both for-hire carriers and private fleets that are NTTC members in good standing. Participants are grouped into floating mileage classes, ensuring carriers are evaluated against peers of similar operational size.
The contest unfolds in two stages:
- Round 1 (Competitive Safety Contest): Recognizes Grand, Honor, and Merit winners in each mileage class based strictly on accident frequency.
- Round 2: Grand award recipients advance to a deeper evaluation covering nine critical areas, including driver qualification, training programs, vehicle and tank maintenance, incident response, and overall safety management.
For-hire carriers are split into two divisions:
- Harvison Division: More than 15 million miles annually
- Sutherland Division: Less than 15 million miles annually
Each division is broken into evenly distributed mileage classes based on the number of participating companies.
For-Hire Carrier Award Winners
Harvison Division (More than 15 million miles)
Grand
- Heniff Transportation Systems — Class 1
- Oakley Transport — Class 2
- Ergon Trucking — Class 3
- LGT Transport — Class 4
- Tidewater Transit — Class 5
Honor
- Quality Carriers — Class 1
- Andrews Logistics — Class 2
- Highway Transport Chemical — Class 3
- Genox Transportation — Class 4
- Liquid Trucking — Class 5
Merit
- Kenan Advantage Group — Class 1
- TransWood Carriers — Class 2
- Western Dairy Transport — Class 3
- Action Resources — Class 4
- Custom — Class 5
Sutherland Division (Less than 15 million miles)
Grand
- Usher Transport — Class 6
- RST Industries — Class 7
- Iowa Tanklines — Class 8
- Liquid Cargo — Class 8
- Reed Hurst Trucking — Class 8
- Ee-Jay Motor Transports — Class 9
- Chemical South Transport — Class 9
- Lacy’s Express — Class 10
- MBH Trucking — Class 10
- Ventura Transfer Company — Class 10
- Weaver Bros. — Class 10
Honor
- Associated Petroleum Carriers — Class 6
- All Chemical Transport — Class 7
- Alaska West Express — Class 8
- Roeder Cartage — Class 9
- J&S Transport — Class 10
Merit
- HazMat Environmental Group — Class 6
- G&D Trucking/Hoffman Transportation — Class 7
- LCL Bulk Transport — Class 8
- PAR Trucking — Class 9
Private Fleet Award Winners
Grand
- Pilot Travel Centers — Class 1
- SWTO — Class 2
- RB Stewart Petroleum Products — Class 3
- Sapphire Gas Solutions — Class 4
- Chevron Phillips Chemical — Class 5
- Poolsure — Class 5
Honor
- Gemini Motor Transport — Class 1
- Casey’s Services — Class 2
- ADM Trucking — Class 3
- LSP Transport — Class 4
- Kuehne Chemical — Class 5
Merit
- CLI Transport — Class 2
