Quality Carriers earns Best Fleets recognition

Quality Carriers is representing the tank truck industry on this year’s 2026 Best Fleets to Drive For list.

The CSX-owned bulk hauler is among the five “Fleets to Watch” who earned honorable mentions in the 18th annual contest that recognizes North American for-hire trucking companies for providing outstanding workplace experiences for their company drivers and independent contractors.

This year’s Best Fleets winners stood out in a challenging operating environment, demonstrating that operational clarity, consistency, and practical engagement strategies remain critical to sustaining strong fleet cultures, program producer CarriersEdge reported. The 2026 Top 20 list includes four new fleets and eight of last year’s Hall of Fame fleets requalified.

“This was a demanding year for fleets across the industry,” CarriersEdge CEO Jane Jazrawy said in a news release. “The fleets recognized in the 2026 Best Fleets programs distinguish themselves not by avoiding challenges, but by responding thoughtfully to them. Through clear communication and cost-conscious, driver-focused approaches, this year’s Top 20 and Hall of Fame fleets showed that strong cultures can be sustained even in difficult conditions.”

To be considered for the Best Fleets program, for-hire companies operating 10 or more tractor-trailers must be nominated by a company driver or owner-operator currently working with them. The fleets are then evaluated across a range of categories, including compensation, benefits, HR strategies, professional development, operations, and work/life balance, among other criteria. Driver surveys are also conducted to collect input from drivers and independent contractors working with the fleets.

Introduced in 2022, the Hall of Fame category honors fleets that have demonstrated sustained excellence over time. To qualify, fleets must be named a Best Fleet for 10 consecutive years, or seven years with at least one overall award. Fleets named to the Hall of Fame must requalify each year.

The 2026 Best Fleets to Drive For are:

• America’s Service Line, Green Bay, Wis.
• American Central Transport, Kansas City, Mo.
• Brenny Specialized, St. Joseph, Minn.
• Chief Carriers, Grand Island, Neb.
• Continental Express, Sidney, Ohio
• Crawford Trucking, Des Moines, Iowa
• Decker Truck Line, Fort Dodge, Iowa
• Fortigo Freight Services, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
• Fremont Contract Carriers, Fremont, Neb.
• Ippolito Transportation, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
• Joseph Transportation Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
• K&J Trucking, Sioux Falls, S.D.
• Kriska Holdings, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
• Leonard’s Express, Farmington, N.Y.
• Peninsula Truck Lines, Federal Way, Wash.
• PGT Trucking, Aliquippa, Penn.
• S&H Express, York, Penn.
• Thomas E. Keller Trucking, Defiance, Ohio
• TransLand, Strafford, Mo.
• Williams Dedicated, Michigan City, Ind.

New Hall of Fame fleet:

• Challenger Motor Freight, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Returning Hall of Fame fleets:

• Bison Transport, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Boyle Transportation, Billerica, Mass.
• FTC Transportation, Oklahoma City, Okla.
• Garner Trucking, Findley, Ohio
• Halvor Lines, Superior, Wis.
• Nussbaum Transportation, Hudson, Ill.
• Prime Inc., Springfield, Mo.
• TransPro Freight Systems, Milton, Ontario, Canada

The five Fleets to Watch (honorable mentions) are:

• Arlo G. Lott Trucking, Jerome, Idaho
• Erb Transport, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada
• GP Transco, Joliet, Ill.
• Quality Carriers, Tampa, Fla.
• USXL, Foristell, Mo.

From the Top 20, two overall winners will be unveiled, in large and small fleet categories, at the Best Fleets Education & Awards Conference slated for March 16–17 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina.