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Jack B. Kelley, Inc. has earned the most prestigious award in the tank truck industry: The National Tank Truck Carrier's (NTTC) Outstanding Performance Trophy for 2008. Jack B. Kelley Inc., Amarillo, Texas was judged the winner of NTTC’s Outstanding Performance Trophy of 2008.

Mark Davis, President of the Amarillo, Texas based motor carrier will accept the award at the Safety Awards Breakfast, again sponsored by Heil Trailer International, set for May 12^th at NTTC’s 61^st Annual Conference in San Diego.

Lee Drury, Director of Safety, will be honored April 2^nd at the Tank Truck Safety Council’s Annual Awards Banquet in Savannah.

The award is based on an outstanding performance in both vehicular and personal safety and includes the existence of comprehensive safety programs, contributions made towards safety in the tank truck industry, and general highway safety.

Jack B. Kelley Inc. was chosen from the 91 carriers in the 2008 NTTC Safety Contest. The NTTC has 4 independent judges from different regulatory agencies review all entries to select the overall winner. We appreciate the efforts of the dedicated safety professionals who judged the 2008 Safety Contest. They are: Charles Hochman, Pipeline and Hazardous materials Safety Administration; Joe DeLorenzo, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Tom Schick, American Chemistry Council; and Trooper Scott Maguire, Massachusetts State Police.

The Grand Award Winner for best recordable accident frequencies:

24-33 Million Miles Class, Jack B. Kelley, Inc.

The individual accident-per-million miles frequencies for the 91 carriers in the 2008 NTTC Safety Contest demonstrate once again that tank truck carriers have the best safety records in the trucking industry.

For the year 2008, the cumulative DOT accident frequency for participants in NTTC’s Annual Safety Contest was 0.544. This average represents a slight increase above an average frequency of 0.513 accidents per million miles traveled in 2007.

It is important to remember that these figures are just for the member companies that took part in the safety contest, not for the tank truck industry overall.