In commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA), Executive Director Jean-Marc Picard presented Special Recognition Awards to deserving members that have put in years of dedication and continued support contributing to the success of the APTA.
McConnell Transport was one of 20 recipients of this award!
Pictured, left to right: APTA Executive Director Jean-Marc Picard, McKenzie McConnell, Larry McConnell
During a recent ‘Jeans Friday’ event, the Staff determined which group will receive the funds raised by a small donation to wear jeans on Fridays.
The local School District Breakfast Program is administered by the Volunteer Family Services/Food Bank and we are pleased to share a picture of Sandra Olmstead of VFS accepting the Staff Donation from Shannon Tompkins, Recruiter for McConnell Transport.
Check out the Facebook page for Volunteer Family Services!
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), the country’s national trucking group, in conjunction with the provincial trucking associations, launched National Trucking Week many years ago. It begins on the first Sunday in Sept. and runs to the following Saturday.
The purpose of the weeklong celebration is to recognize the important contributions made by the 400,000 Canadian men and women who keep the country’s freight moving.
Provincial trucking associations, carriers, industry suppliers and other stakeholders are encouraged to undertake activities in their own province to mark the event. In previous years, provincial associations have marked the occasion with newspaper supplements, radio advertising, contests, special promotions, and special events at truck stops and roadside inspection stations.
Carriers and industry suppliers have hosted BBQs, breakfasts, truck washes, offered special giveaways to employees and marked the week event with a wide variety of activities.
It takes everyone at McConnell Transport to move the freight. We are all part of the over 400,000 people who keep the freight moving – office, drivers, shop and everyone in between work hard TOGETHER to keep it all moving forward.
TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE
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Brian Parker and Charles Wilson received accreditation as the first Long Combination Vehicle Licensed Drivers within the McConnell Transport fleet. Brian and Charles completed the Canada Safety Council Professional Driver Improvement Course and on June 12, 2015 the APTA LCV Driver Certificates were presented by McKenzie McConnell and Ross Wilson.
McConnell Transport has completed the first step in its Long Combination Vehicle program by obtaining permits for New Brunswick. It took a lot of teamwork and effort to obtain all the necessary equipment and information to support the permit application. It took further efforts of the team to complete the hands on training and certification of these first two drivers.
We are very pleased to mark this month in the history of McConnell Transport as a step forward in our continuing service to our customers and, in turn, their customers!
McConnell Transport Ltd. of Jacksonville, NB, a frozen and refrigerated food transportation company, recognizes the value of loyalty and determination to accomplish a goal. Recently, a Service Awards Gala evening was hosted by McConnell Transport at the Best Western Hotel and Conference Centre in Woodstock, NB.
This well-attended gala honoured long-service to McConnell Transport Ltd. by Alta DeMerchant of Elmwood, NB; John Bruce of Charlottetown, PE and Lisa White of Woodstock, NB. This annual event is an opportunity to highlight the contributions each has made to the company and to their departments. A delightful evening of friendship, food and reminiscing was followed with an entertaining performance by Remi – a World of Magic.
Pictured here are: Alta DeMerchant, John Bruce, Lisa White.
Managers: Andy Davenport; Larry McConnell, President; McKenzie McConnell; Chris O’Donnell; Max Hutchison; Marilyn Wilson. (photo by Ashley Marie Photography)
National Trucking Week 2014, which ran from September 7 – 12, was a way to thank everyone in the trucking and transportation industry for their hard work and dedication to keeping the freight moving. McConnell Transport Ltd thanks all its staff and drivers for another great year.
After months of work, our new trailer parking lot is almost completed! A big thank you to all of our staff and especially our drivers for their patience while we undertook this huge expansion! There is still a bit more work to be done, but you can easily see that the lights are up and lit (a beautiful sight at night time)!
McConnell Transport has commenced the expansion of the trailer drop yard facilities at the Jacksonville, NB terminal. This extensive project started June 12th and should be finished by early August 2013. There will be challenges faced during this growth but all staff, and especially the McConnell Drivers and Technicians, are very experienced in putting forth the effort when a goal is set before us. This expansion puts us on the map as the largest, secure facility in the area.
Welcome to the new and improved McConnell Transport website! We hope that you will find many interesting things over the coming days, weeks and months with information about our company, our people and our way of life.
Please take a few minutes to look around and read the articles that we have posted, and keep checking back as we add new things!
The Staff of McConnell Transport Ltd. recently donated to the School District Breakfast program (www.vfsfoodbank.com) from donations for wearing jeans on Fridays over the last few weeks.
Pictured here are, L to R: Amy Bannister (Traffic Department), Volunteer Family Services Director Sandra Olmstead and Lori Springer (SCTRR Department).
