ATA Gives Knight Exec, Con-way 2008 Security Awards

American Trucking Associations’ Security Council presented its Security Professional of the Year award to Richard Martin, the corporate security director for truckload carrier Knight Transportation.

ATA also awarded its Excellence in Security Award to Con-way Freight Thursday at the council’s 2008 Trucking Security & Law Enforcement Conference & Exhibition in Long Beach, Calif.

The awards are presented to the individual and company best demonstrating their ability to design, implement and manage a successful security program that not only addresses traditional threats to personnel, truck and cargo, but also encompasses anti-terrorism and emergency preparedness programs, ATA said.

Qualcomm Inc. sponsors the Excellence Award.

Martin manages an extensive security program including employee screenings and training, cargo theft interdiction, investigations, as well as loss prevention and recovery, overseeing and securing 31 terminals, 3,700 vehicles and 4,250 employees over 22 states.

Con-way Freight led the way in examining, embracing and ably managing every available tool to better secure its employees, trucks and cargo, said Jeanne Dumas, the Security Council’s director.

Con-way Inc. is ranked No. 6 and Knight Transportation is ranked No. 40 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.

ATA’s Security Council is an organization of transportation security professionals representing motor carriers and interested organizations. It serves, promotes, and creates value for members and the industry through research, education, training and peer interaction.