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The Trucking Association of New York's safety council named Byrne Dairy the 2022 Statewide Grand Champion. Pictured are Mike Powers, director of fleet safety and transportation for Byrne Dairy, at left, and Joseph Peplinski, TANY safety council chair.
The Trucking Association of New York's safety council named Byrne Dairy the 2022 Statewide Grand Champion. Pictured are Mike Powers, director of fleet safety and transportation for Byrne Dairy, at left, and Joseph Peplinski, TANY safety council chair.
The Trucking Association of New York's safety council named Byrne Dairy the 2022 Statewide Grand Champion. Pictured are Mike Powers, director of fleet safety and transportation for Byrne Dairy, at left, and Joseph Peplinski, TANY safety council chair.
The Trucking Association of New York's safety council named Byrne Dairy the 2022 Statewide Grand Champion. Pictured are Mike Powers, director of fleet safety and transportation for Byrne Dairy, at left, and Joseph Peplinski, TANY safety council chair.
The Trucking Association of New York's safety council named Byrne Dairy the 2022 Statewide Grand Champion. Pictured are Mike Powers, director of fleet safety and transportation for Byrne Dairy, at left, and Joseph Peplinski, TANY safety council chair.

Byrne Dairy wins TANY Grand Champion award

April 12, 2023
Milk hauler in Lafayette, New York secures the state trucking association's top Fleet Safety Award for 2022

Byrne Dairy, a milk hauler based in Lafayette, New York, recently secured the Statewide Grand Champion honor in the Trucking Association of New York’s (TANY’s) 2022 Fleet Safety Awards contest.

The awards recognize member fleets with the best records of safe operation in the state.

Byrne also won the Tank Truck/Bulk Non-Hazmat category and claimed a Bronze Award for earning a Fleet Safety Award for at least three consecutive years.

TANY also celebrated four other tank fleets in this year’s awards. Stewart’s Shops took first place in the Tank Truck/Bulk Hazmat large class, followed by Terpening Trucking in second place; and Bolla Transport collected the top prize in the Tank Truck/Bulk Hazmat small class, with Kuhnle Brothers securing second place.

Kuhnle also snared a Silver Award as a Fleet Safety Award winner for at least five consecutive years.

2022 TANY Fleet Safety Award winners included:

Statewide Grand Champion

  • Byrne Dairy

General Commodities Truckload, small class

  • First place: Venice Enterprise
  • Second place: R.S. Maher and Son

General Commodities Truckload, medium class

  • First place: Stewart’s Shops
  • Second place: Speed Global Services

General Commodities Truckload, large class

  • First place: Walmart Supply Chain
  • Second place: Wegmans Food Markets

General Commodities LTL, small class

  • First place: DeCrescente Distributing
  • Second place: Lightning Express Delivery Service

General Commodities LTL, large class

  • First place: A. Duie Pyle
  • Second place: Old Dominion Freight Line

Tank Truck/Bulk Hazmat, small class

  • First place: Bolla Transport
  • Second place: Kuhnle Brothers

Tank Truck/Bulk Hazmat. large class

  • First place: Stewart’s Shops
  • Second place: Terpening Trucking

Tank Truck/Bulk Non-Hazmat

  • Byrne Dairy

Flatbed/Heavy Hauler

  • Flint Creek Transport

Dump Truck/Construction

  • Genesee Bulk Transport
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