Bison celebrates 40-year anny

WINNIPEG — One of Canada’s most recognizable trucking fleets is celebrating 40 years in business this month.

Bison Transport, one of Canada’s top 10 largest carriers (and one of the safest too), was launched in the late 1960’s when current owner, Duncan Jessiman’s father Peter started running a local cartage and warehouse operation in Winnipeg, which became Jessiman Brothers Cartage Limited.

Duncan soon learned the ropes of the family business and after graduating from the University of Manitoba and started Bison Transport, a trucking company of his own in May 1969.

From the modest beginnings of an 18-truck and 32 employee operation, today Bison Transport operates as a highservice,
dependable and value creating supply chain partner with more than 1,050 tractors, 3,000 trailers and almost 1,600 professional drivers and transportation staff.

"We’ve made a commitment to people in our mission, our culture and our daily processes, and we’re proud to continue on that path," says Jessiman.