Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge announced the 2012 winners of Best Fleets to Drive For, a contest and survey that identifies North American for-hire trucking companies that provide the best workplace experiences for their drivers.

This year’s winners are:

• Best Cartage – Kernersville, N.C.
• Bison Transport – Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Boyd Bros. Transportation, Inc. – Clayton, Ala.
• Celadon Canada – Kitchener, Ontario
• D.J. Knoll Transportation – White City, Saskatchewan
• Don Hummer Trucking – Oxford, Iowa
• Erb Group – New Hamburg, Ontario
• Fremont Contract Carriers – Fremont, Neb.
• Gordon Trucking Inc. – Pacific, Wash.
• Grand Island Express – Grand Island, Neb.
• Kriska Holdings – Prescott, Ontario
• Landstar System – Jacksonville, Fla.
• Motor Carrier Services – Northwood, Ohio
• Paramount Freight Systems – Ft. Myers, Fla.
• Sammons Trucking – Missoula, Mont.
• Steelman Transportation Inc. – Springfield, Mo.
• Tennant Truck Lines – Orion, Ill.
• Trimac Transportation – Houston, Texas
• WTI Transport Inc. – Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• Yanke Group – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

In addition, five companies have been identified as “Fleets to Watch” (honorable mentions) for demonstrating innovation in their driver programs:

• American Central Transport – Liberty, Mo.
• Epes Transport System Inc. – Greensboro, N.C.
• Liberty Linehaul Inc. – Ayr, Ontario
• Melton Truck Lines – Tulsa, Okla.
• TimeLine Logistic International – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Nominated fleets were evaluated against a scoring matrix covering categories such as total compensation package, health benefits, pension plans, annual driver turnover rate and efforts to improve it, and fleet safety record.