Bison honoured for fuel skills program
WINNIPEG, (March 23, 2004) — Bison Transport of Winnipeg has received top honours by the Government of Canada for its fuel-management skills development program created for truck drivers.
Bison — one of 15 companies presented with National Energy Efficiency awards at a ceremony in Ottawa yesterday — is largely recognized as one of Canada’s most environmentally conscious truck fleets.
Run by Bison’s fuel manager Jon Sigurdson, the fuel skills program puts drivers through a four-hour fuel management training course that addresses speed control, engine idling, sensible gear shifting, and proper driving techniques on various grades of road.
Bison is also a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership — a national Partnership to reduce greenhouse gas and other emissions from ground freight transportation.
— with files from the Winnipeg Free Press
Have your say
This is a moderated forum. Comments will no longer be published unless they are accompanied by a first and last name and a verifiable email address. (Today's Trucking will not publish or share the email address.) Profane language and content deemed to be libelous, racist, or threatening in nature will not be published under any circumstances.