Two of Woolworths’ transport partners have received top honours for outstanding performance in safety, compliance and service at the Carrier of the Year awards.
Centurion took the Large Carrier of the Year category while Mystgold was awarded Small Carrier of the Year.
The winners were announced at Woolworths’ sixth annual Transport Safety Day on September 3 hosted at the newly developed Melbourne South Regional Distribution Centre (MSRDC).
Centurion owns and operates more than 1,500 vehicles travelling in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland. Woolworths began partnering with Centurion in 1999 initially to service stores in the Karratha region in Western Australia.
Today, Centurion services all 14 stores north of Perth, the furthest being Derby which is almost a 5,000km round trip and a four-day turnaround from Perth Regional Distribution Centre.
Mystgold began in 1991 is now one of North Queensland’s leading suppliers of refrigerated logistics and transport solutions. The family business services around 40 Woolworths stores in North Queensland delivering produce, meat and dairy from Townsville Regional Distribution Centre.
Woolworths relies on more than 6,000 heavy vehicle movements each day to supply its network of supermarkets, Metro stores, BIG W and liquor outlets.
General manager, international and domestic transport, Chris Brooks said: “We work closely with our transport providers to continually improve road safety so everyone can return home safely to their families every day. Over the past 12 months, we have seen the adoption of fatigue detection systems which is a great demonstration of safety leadership by our carriers.”
