Woolworths has awarded Bonaccord Freightlines and Jim Pearson Transport as Transport Carriers of the Year at its recent Annual Transport Safety Day.
Bonaccord Freightlines, a small family company located in Bairnsdale, Eastern Victoria, was awarded Small Carrier of the Year.
Bonaccord has worked with Woolworths for more than ten years and services Woolworths supermarkets and BIG W stores on the New South WalesSouthCoast.
Large Carrier of the Year was awarded to Jim Pearson Transport (Pearson’s), which has been working with Woolworths for more than 15 years.
Pearson’s is one of Woolworths’ largest road linehaul providers and services Woolworths, Dan Murphy’s, BIG W, BWS and Masters stores on the Sydney to Brisbane corridor.
Woolworths national transport manager Chris Brooks said: “These awards promote a culture of continuous improvement of safety in the road transport industry. We work closely with all our transport carriers to ensure we continue to improve performance and safety.
"On behalf of Woolworths I would like to congratulate both Bonaccord and Pearson’s in winning the 2014 Transport Carrier of the Year Awards.”
