Congratulations to all our employees and owner operators who have reached Years of Service milestones with our company in 2023.  Also being recognized, our drivers and owner operators for the year(s) of Accident-Free Driving and non-preventable cargo claim milestones.  We want to give a special congratulations to Robert Yablonski, who has reached 20 Years of Accident-Free driving with Payne.  We will be presenting the Years of Service awards at our Gala on November 24th.  The Years of Accident-Free Driving awards will be presented to our drivers throughout the month of December at head office and our Winkler branch.

Congratulations to all our employees and owner operators who have achieved Years of Service and Safe Driving milestones.

Payne Transportation Ltd. is excited to recognize all those who have achieved milestones in Years of Service and Years of Safe Driving.  Over 129 milestones are listed below for the 2021 year.

We are very excited to recognize Rae Kern as the first driver to achieve 20 Years of Safe Driving with Payne Transportation Ltd.  Congratulations Rae!  In December, everyone listed below will be receiving their awards.

WINNIPEG, Man. – Payne Transportation Ltd. is proud to announce the winners of the “2020 Driver of the Year” award in their respective categories. 

Deck Division:  Isaak Neufeld
Dry Van Division:  Bryn Lewis
Specialized Division:  David Wiebe

Also, being honored as Driver of the Year Runner Up awards are:

Deck Division:  Daniel Bondar & Yashandeep Mangat
Dry Van Division:  Nigel Burgess & Byung Taek Park
Specialized Division:  Christer Gustafsson

WINNIPEG, Man. – Payne Transportation held its annual awards gala Nov. 29, recognizing drivers who exemplify the best when it comes to safety, service, and community.  Three drivers were honored with Driver of the Year awards in their respective categories.

In the open deck division, Abraham Bissessar took home the top spot, with Brian Kemp and team drivers Cornelia Hartmann and Andreas Weisse named runners up.

For the van division, Nigel Burgess was Driver of the Year, while Byung Taek Park and team drivers Keum Ko and Hakim Kim were runners up.

The specialized category saw William Schroeder take the top prize and David Wiebe and Christer Gustafsson named runners up.

The selection process involves drivers being nominated by Payne’s operations team, then being vetted by the safety department, and finally voted on by the executive advisory committee. With 17 submissions this year, the nominating committee introduced a new format for selecting Driver of the Year by honoring a winner in three categories and naming two runner ups.  During its gala, Payne Transportation also chooses a charity the company will support with its silent auction fundraiser. This year, proceeds from the raffle will be donated to the Children’s Wish Foundation.

More than 160 drivers, mechanics, and office staff from Payne attended this year’s awards gala.