Roehl Transport

Roehl Transport, Inc.
Industry Transportation
Founded Marshfield, WI, U.S. (1962)
Founder Everett Roehl
Headquarters Marshfield, Wisconsin, U.S.
Area served
 North America
Key people
 Rick Roehl, CEO; Mike Hinz, President of the Van Division; Tom Witt, President of the Flatbed & Specialized Division; John Spiros, Vice President of Safety
Services transportation and logistics
Owner The Roehl Family
Divisions Roehl Logistics, Roehl Refrigerated, Roehl Flatbed & Specialized, Roehl Cold Storage & Warehousing
Website roehl.jobs

Roehl Transport is an American trucking company based in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The company provides national transportation and logistics services and is one of the largest trucking companies in America, ranked 66th by Transport Topics.[1] The company has over 2,500 employees, 2,000 tractor trailers and 5,000 trailers and is ranked by CCJ Magazine in the top 60 trucking companies in the United States.[2] The company has major terminal operations in Marshfield and Appleton Wisconsin, the Chicago Illinois area, Atlanta Georgia, Dallas Texas and Phoenix Arizona.[3]

John Spiros, Roehl's Vice President of Safety, was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2012[4] and reelected in 2014.[5]

History

Everett Roehl started Roehl Transport in 1962 with a single truck.[6] The company provides on the job training to recent CDL school graduates[7] and has done so since the late 1980s. The Roehl Transport CDL School is a certified truck driving school[8] located next to Roehl Transport.[9] In 2013, the company partnered with GAIN Clean Fuels to open a compressed natural gas station in Gary, Indiana.[10] The CNG station is one of the largest in the Midwest.[11]

The Roehl Way of Protective Driving

In 2003, Roehl Transport developed a safety philosophy called “The Roehl Way."

The Roehl Way of Protective Driving does not follow the "defensive driving" approach but uses protective driving techniques, teaching drivers to predict rather than react to their surroundings. The program differentiates itself from other driving philosophies not treating safety as a "priority"[12] but, instead, considering safety a personal value, which is something that doesn't change over time.[13]

Roehl Transport won the American Trucking Associations' highest safety award, the President's Trophy, (2008[14] and 2011[15]). Roehl also received the Truckload Carriers Association Grand Prize for Safety two consecutive years (2008[16] & 2009[17]).

In 2010, CCJ featured the company's Roehl Way of Protective Driving as an Innovator.[18]

In 2011, Roehl Transport won the Volvo Trucks Safety Award as one of the safest fleets in North America.[19][20]

In 2014, the ATA awarded Roehl several additional safety awards.[21]

The Safe 7

The Safe 7 driving techniques are taught as a part of the Roehl Way of Protective Driving.

The Safe 7 are:

Your Choice Pay Plan

The company's tagline is "Take Home More, Be Home More."[22] In 2006, Roehl was one of the first major trucking companies to use practical miles rather than House-hold good (HHG) miles.[23] The Your Choice Pay Plan is another change that alters how Roehl truck drivers are paid. The premise is that truck drivers are empowered to make more money through their own performance, rather than waiting for annual or longer pay increases.[24] The Your Choice Pay Plan was featured as an Innovator by CCJ Magazine[25] in 2014.

Other Awards

The company has been honored with multiple EPA SmartWay Awards for environmental performance and leadership.[26]

The company won the Logistics Management's Quest for Quality Award in 2014;[27] that is the 9th time the company won the award.[28]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=35476
  2. ↑ http://www.ccjdigital.com/top250-category/general-freight-2/
  3. ↑ http://roehl.net/resources/Roehl%20Locations%20Map.pdf
  4. ↑ http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/legislators/assembly/1005
  5. ↑ http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/local/2014/11/05/spiros-defeats-stencil-retain-assembly-seat/18515895/
  6. ↑ http://www.roehl.net/about.html
  7. ↑ http://www.roehl.jobs/drivers/inexperienced-truck-drivers
  8. ↑ http://www.truckingtruth.com/free_truck_driving_schools/roehl/roehl.html
  9. ↑ http://roehltransportcdlschool.com/cdl-training/why-choose-the-roehl-transport-cdl-school
  10. ↑ http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/roehl-transport-celebrates-opening-of-cng-station/article_a0c22ed8-1608-54bb-930d-56d9f0e1d992.html
  11. ↑ http://fleetowner.com/running-green/gain-opens-cng-station-roehl-transport
  12. ↑ http://fleetowner.com/fleet_awards/2008/roehl_transport_1208
  13. ↑ http://www.roehl.net/about-values.html
  14. ↑ http://www.automotive-fleet.com/channel/safety-accident-management/news/story/2008/10/trucking-council-announces-safety-award-winners.aspx
  15. ↑ http://www.truckinginfo.com/channel/aftermarket/news/story/2011/09/atas-safety-management-council-announces-2011-award-recipients.aspx
  16. ↑ http://www.truckinginfo.com/channel/drivers/news/story/2009/03/rocha-roehl-earn-grand-prizes-in-tca-safety-awards.aspx
  17. ↑ http://www.truckload.org/index.asp?bid=10&nid=147&archiveyear=2010
  18. ↑ http://www.ccjdigital.com/ccj-innovators-roehl-transport/
  19. ↑ http://www.volvotrucks.com/trucks/na/en-us/news_and_events/news_releases/_layouts/CWP.Internet.VolvoCom/NewsItem.aspx?News.ItemId=110852&News.Language=en-gb
  20. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwystS3-nE
  21. ↑ http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/story/money/2014/10/30/roehl-transport-honored-excellence-award/18223935/
  22. ↑ http://www.roehl.jobs/truck-driving-jobs
  23. ↑ http://www.layover.com/news/article/important-pay-change-for-roehl-9406.html
  24. ↑ http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/story/money/2014/10/15/business-briefs-oct/17337017/
  25. ↑ http://www.ccjdigital.com/better-way-to-pay-roehl-transport-lets-drivers-choose-their-path-to-success/
  26. ↑ http://www.epa.gov/smartway/about/sw-awards.htm
  27. ↑ http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/truckload_leading_the_way_in_long_haul
  28. ↑ http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/2014_quest_for_quality
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