Winter 2019

The MTA held its annual Fall Awards Gala on Friday November 1, and what a night it was! Thank you to all of the members who supported this event; once again, we sold out well in advance. A big thank you to our event sponsors; we could not do this without you. And, of course, congratulations to all of the winners: • MTA/RBC Pioneer’s Club Award Winners: Mark Dech (Professional Transport Driver Training), Jim Clunie (Big Freight Systems Inc.), Kim Beauchamp (Bison Transport Inc.), Shane Morrow (Big Freight Systems Inc.), Peter Chernecki (Searcy Trucking Ltd.), Bob Olfert (Big Freight Systems Inc)

The MTA recently added two new Carrier members and four new Associated Trades Division (ATD) members. Joining the fold as Carrier members are Flat Out Transportation Services Ltd. and Winnipeg Trend-Line Inc. The new ATD members are Fleethunt (www.fleethunt.ca), HSBC Bank Canada (www.hsbc.ca), Grip Idle Management (www.gripidlemanagement.com) and Keller Equipment Supply Ltd. (www.keller.ca).

Congratulations to MTA-member Searcy Trucking for its recent wins at The Machinery Haulers Association Awards in July. Searcy Trucking took home the award for Most Improved Carrier along with 1st place honours overall for Carriers with More Than 15 Million Miles.

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Feature Stories - Winter 2019

Leadership Roundtable

“ Our tenacity is our strength. We know who we are, we know our industry, and we are not afraid to go after what we want.”

– John Erik Albrechtsen, MTA

Q. How has your leadership term gone so far? Is your association
in a healthy position? Have there been any surprises?

Jude Groves – Great – in saying that, the only constant is change. The AMTA executive committee and leadership from the association staff have had the opportunity to develop good working relationships with our new government finding workable solutions to Mandatory Entry Level Training (MELT); trying to get New Generation Wide-Base Single Tires (NGWBST) across the line municipally; ongoing discussions on regulatory red tape and emerging issues such as ELDs; provincial hours of service; and a multitude of other regulatory issues impacting how efficiently we all do business. The association is healthy. As always, we love a good challenge from our members with how we could better support them.