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{{Short description|American trucking company}}
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'''Roehl Transport''' is an American trucking company based in [[Marshfield, Wisconsin]]. The company provides national transportation and logistics services and is one of the largest trucking companies in America, ranked 66th by ''Transport Topics''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ttnews.com/articles/top-100-list-2014-hire-carrier-rankings|title=The Top 100 List: 2014 For-Hire Carrier Rankings|date=14 July 2014|website=Transport Topics}}</ref> The company has over 2,460 employees, 1,966 tractor trailers and 4,902 trailers and is ranked by ''CCJ Magazine'' in the top 60 trucking companies in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccjdigital.com/top250-category/general-freight-2/|title=The CCJ Top 250 Report|date=20 July 2011}}</ref> The company has major terminal operations in Marshfield and Appleton Wisconsin, the Chicago Illinois area, Atlanta Georgia, Dallas Texas and Phoenix Arizona.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roehl.jobs/about-roehl/locations |title=Roehl Transport Locations |publisher=Roehl.Jobs |access-date=2018-06-28}}</ref>
'''Roehl Transport, Inc.''' is an American trucking company based in [[Marshfield, Wisconsin]]. The company provides national transportation and logistics services. It ranked 73rd on the ''[[Transport Topics]]'' Top 100 For-Hire list of US and Canadian freight carriers by revenue for 2021 with an estimated $450 million in revenue for the previous year.<ref name="TT 2021">{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2020 |title=Roehl Transport |url=https://www.ttnews.com/top100/companies/roehl/2021 |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=Transport Topics |language=en}}</ref>

[[John Spiros]], Roehl's Vice President of Safety, was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/legislators/assembly/1005|title=Representative John Spiros|website=docs.legis.wisconsin.gov}}</ref> and reelected in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/local/2014/11/05/spiros-defeats-stencil-retain-assembly-seat/18515895/|title=Spiros defeats Stencil to retain Assembly seat}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Everett Roehl founded Roehl Transport in 1962 with a single truck.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Roehl Transport |url=https://www.roehl.jobs/about-roehl |access-date=2018-06-28 |publisher=Roehl.Jobs}}</ref>
[[Everett Roehl]] started Roehl Transport in 1962 with a single truck.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roehl.jobs/about-roehl |title=About Roehl Transport |publisher=Roehl.Jobs |access-date=2018-06-28}}</ref> The company provides on the job training to recent CDL school graduates<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roehl.jobs/drivers/inexperienced-truck-drivers |title=Inexperienced Truck Driving Jobs |publisher=Roehl.Jobs |access-date=2018-06-28}}</ref> and has done so since the late 1980s. The Roehl Transport CDL School was a certified truck driving school<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truckingtruth.com/free_truck_driving_schools/roehl/roehl.html|title=Roehl Transport Truck Driving School - Company-Sponsored CDL Training|website=www.truckingtruth.com}}</ref> located next to Roehl Transport that has since become the Get Your CDL Program. In 2015, Roehl became the first major carrier to hire, train and pay CDL candidates as employees in the Get Your CDL Program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roehl.jobs/driving-jobs/cdl-truck-driving-schools |title=CDL Training (Paid) &amp; Truck Driving Schools |publisher=Roehl.Jobs |access-date=2021-11-24}}</ref>


Starting in the late 1980s, the company began offering on the job training for recent [[commercial drivers license]] (CDL) school graduates. It also founded a certified truck driving school, the Roehl Transport CDL School, later renamed the Get Your CDL Program.{{cn|date=April 2022}}
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In 2013, the company partnered with GAIN Clean Fuels to open a [[compressed natural gas]] station in Gary, Indiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/roehl-transport-celebrates-opening-of-cng-station/article_a0c22ed8-1608-54bb-930d-56d9f0e1d992.html|title=Roehl Transport celebrates opening of CNG station|first=Andrew Steele Times|last=correspondent}}</ref> The CNG station is one of the largest in the Midwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fleetowner.com/running-green/gain-opens-cng-station-roehl-transport|title=Gain opens CNG station for Roehl Transport|date=14 October 2014}}</ref>


In 2013, Roehl bought Brock Cold Storage and Trucking<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-28 |title=Roehl Transport Purchases Brock Cold Storage and Trucking Operations |url=https://www.ttnews.com/articles/roehl-transport-purchases-brock-cold-storage-and-trucking-operations |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Transport Topics |language=en}}</ref> merging Brock's trucking operations into Roehl but maintaining the [[cold chain|cold storage]] business as a separate division, Roehl Cold Storage.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 28, 2013 |title=Roehl purchases Brock Cold Storage and Trucking |language=en |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/roehl-transport-purchases-brock-cold-storage-and-trucking-b99129706z1-229553911.html |access-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-29 |title=Roehl purchases Brock Cold Storage and Trucking ops |url=https://www.fleetowner.com/refrigerated-transporter/cold-storage-logistics/article/21229629/roehl-purchases-brock-cold-storage-and-trucking-ops |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=FleetOwner |language=en}}</ref>
The company is led by CEO Rick Roehl. Rick maintains his CDL and still delivers loads to customers as a way to stay close to the work of truck drivers. He is the only CEO of a major trucking company to do this. {{Citation needed|reason=No source listed for this information|date=June 2017}} The company created the Roehl Way of Protective Driving, which uses the Safe 7 driving techniques. The safe seven driving techniques are: Slow Down!, Stay Back!, Know What's Happening, Yield to Others, Expect the Expected, Prepare to Drive, Reduce the Risk.


The company revised its driver pay calculations in 2019 to be based on address-to-address mileage. Roehl had previously used the "Practical Route Mileage" model, which calculates driver pay on city center-to-city center mileage, since 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Roehl Enhances Practical Route Mileage Pay |url=https://www.truckinginfo.com/349119/roehl-transport-enhances-practical-route-mileage-pay |work=Trucking Info |publisher=Heavy Duty Trucking |date=January 17, 2020}}</ref> Driver pay was revised again in 2022, with pay raises for drivers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=Roehl Raises Pay With New Driver Compensation Plan |url=https://www.ttnews.com/articles/roehl-raises-pay-new-driver-compensation-plan |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Transport Topics |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Roehl Transport raises driver pay with new model |url=https://www.ccjdigital.com/ccj-innovators/article/15291515/roehl-transport-raises-driver-pay-with-new-model |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Commercial Carrier Journal |language=en-us}}</ref>
==Awards==
{{trivia|date=June 2017}}


== Operations ==
Roehl Transport won the trucking industry's highest honor, the American Trucking Associations' President's Trophy four times (2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.automotive-fleet.com/channel/safety-accident-management/news/story/2008/10/trucking-council-announces-safety-award-winners.aspx|title=Trucking Council Announces Safety Award Winners}}</ref> 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truckinginfo.com/channel/aftermarket/news/story/2011/09/atas-safety-management-council-announces-2011-award-recipients.aspx|title=ATA's Safety Management Council Announces 2011 Award Recipients}}</ref> 2015, and 2021 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.truckersnews.com/news/article/15114781/roehl-transport-wins-ata-presidents-trophy|title=Roehl Transport wins ATA President's Trophy|first=the|last=author}}</ref>).


The company has over 2,950 employees, 1,900 [[Semi-trailer truck|tractors]] and 5,200 [[Semi-trailer|trailers]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maiden |first=Todd |date=April 26, 2021 |title=Roehl Transport announces second pay bump of 2021 |language=en-US |url=https://www.freightwaves.com/news/roehl-transport-announces-second-pay-bump-of-2021 |work=Freight Waves |access-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref> with major [[Freight terminal|terminal]] operations in [[Marshfield, Wisconsin|Marshfield]] and [[Appleton, Wisconsin]], the [[Chicago]] area, [[Atlanta, Georgia]], [[Phoenix, Arizona]], and [[Dallas]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roehl Transport Locations |url=https://www.roehl.jobs/about-roehl/locations |access-date=June 28, 2018 |website=Roehl Transport}}</ref>
Roehl also received the Truckload Carriers Association Grand Prize for Safety two consecutive years (2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truckinginfo.com/channel/drivers/news/story/2009/03/rocha-roehl-earn-grand-prizes-in-tca-safety-awards.aspx|title=Rocha, Roehl Earn Grand Prizes in TCA Safety Awards}}</ref> & 2009<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.truckload.org/index.asp?bid=10&nid=147&archiveyear=2010# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316084525/http://www.truckload.org/index.asp?bid=10&archiveyear=2010&nid=147# |archive-date=2015-03-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>).


=== Sustainability ===
In 2010, CCJ featured the company's ''Roehl Way of Protective Driving'' as an Innovator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccjdigital.com/ccj-innovators-roehl-transport/|title=Innovators: Roehl Transport|website=www.ccjdigital.com}}</ref>


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In 2013, U.S. Oil's GAIN Clean Fuels division, in partnership with Roehl, opened a [[compressed natural gas]] (CNG) station at Roehl's [[Gary, Indiana]] terminal. Roehl operates CNG-fuelled trucks from several of its terminals.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steele |first=Andrew |title=Roehl Transport celebrates opening of CNG station |url=http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/roehl-transport-celebrates-opening-of-cng-station/article_a0c22ed8-1608-54bb-930d-56d9f0e1d992.html |location=Gary, Indiana |work=NWI Times |date=October 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 14, 2014 |title=Gain opens CNG station for Roehl Transport |url=http://fleetowner.com/running-green/gain-opens-cng-station-roehl-transport |work=Fleet Owner |access-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref>
In 2011, Roehl Transport won the [[Volvo Trucks]] Safety Award as one of the safest fleets in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.volvotrucks.com/en-en/home.html|title=Global Homepage - Volvo Trucks}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwystS3-nE|title=Volvo Trucks - Safety Award 2011 to Roehl Transport Inc. and Stagecoach Cartage & Distribution|last=Volvo Trucks|date=17 November 2011|via=YouTube}}</ref>

In 2014, the ATA awarded Roehl several additional safety awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/story/money/2014/10/30/roehl-transport-honored-excellence-award/18223935/|title=Roehl Transport honored with excellence award}}</ref>

The company has been honored with multiple EPA SmartWay Awards for environmental performance and leadership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/smartway/about/sw-awards.htm|title=SmartWay - US EPA|first=US|last=EPA, OAR, OTAQ|website=US EPA|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

The company has consistently won the ''Logistics Management's'' annual Quest for Quality Award - 15 times as of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/38th_annual_quest_for_quality_awards_world_class_service_wins_the_day|title=38th Annual Quest for Quality Awards: World class service wins the day|website=logisticsmgmt.com}}</ref><ref>

The company has been named Military Friendly from the publishers of GI Jobs and Military Spouse magazines every year since 2014, most recently achieving a Bronze ranking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militaryfriendly.com/employers/?search=employers&industry=&revenue=&das_name=roehl&mfe_verif=&rank_awards|title=Looking For Military Friendly Employers? See Who Made The List|website=militaryfriendly.com}}</ref>

In 2020, the company enhanced Practical Route Mileage pay with address-to-address mileage calculations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.truckinginfo.com/349119/roehl-transport-enhances-practical-route-mileage-pay|title=Roehl Enhances Practical Route Mileage Pay - Drivers - Trucking Info|website=truckinginfo.com}}</ref>

Roehl has regularly made the Wisconsin 75 list - recognizing the largest and most successful private companies in Wisconsin. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/deloitte-private/events/wisconsin-75.html|title=Celebrating 19 years of Wisconsin 75|website=deloitte.com/}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
* {{Official website|roehl.jobs}}

{{Trucking industry in the United States}}
{{Trucking industry in the United States}}


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Roehl Transport, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryTransportation
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962) in Marshfield, Wisconsin
FounderEverett Roehl
Headquarters
Marshfield, Wisconsin
,
United States
Area served
North America
Key people
Revenue$450 million (est.) (2020)
OwnerRoehl family
Divisions
  • Roehl Refrigerated
  • Roehl Flatbed & Specialized
Websiteroehl.jobs

Roehl Transport, Inc. is an American trucking company based in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The company provides national transportation and logistics services. It ranked 73rd on the Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire list of US and Canadian freight carriers by revenue for 2021 with an estimated $450 million in revenue for the previous year.[1]

History

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Everett Roehl founded Roehl Transport in 1962 with a single truck.[2]

Starting in the late 1980s, the company began offering on the job training for recent commercial drivers license (CDL) school graduates. It also founded a certified truck driving school, the Roehl Transport CDL School, later renamed the Get Your CDL Program.[citation needed]

In 2013, Roehl bought Brock Cold Storage and Trucking[3] merging Brock's trucking operations into Roehl but maintaining the cold storage business as a separate division, Roehl Cold Storage.[4][5]

The company revised its driver pay calculations in 2019 to be based on address-to-address mileage. Roehl had previously used the "Practical Route Mileage" model, which calculates driver pay on city center-to-city center mileage, since 2004.[6] Driver pay was revised again in 2022, with pay raises for drivers.[7][8]

Operations

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The company has over 2,950 employees, 1,900 tractors and 5,200 trailers[9] with major terminal operations in Marshfield and Appleton, Wisconsin, the Chicago area, Atlanta, Georgia, Phoenix, Arizona, and Dallas.[10]

Sustainability

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In 2013, U.S. Oil's GAIN Clean Fuels division, in partnership with Roehl, opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) station at Roehl's Gary, Indiana terminal. Roehl operates CNG-fuelled trucks from several of its terminals.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Roehl Transport". Transport Topics. December 31, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "About Roehl Transport". Roehl.Jobs. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  3. ^ "Roehl Transport Purchases Brock Cold Storage and Trucking Operations". Transport Topics. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  4. ^ "Roehl purchases Brock Cold Storage and Trucking". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. October 28, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "Roehl purchases Brock Cold Storage and Trucking ops". FleetOwner. 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  6. ^ "Roehl Enhances Practical Route Mileage Pay". Trucking Info. Heavy Duty Trucking. January 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "Roehl Raises Pay With New Driver Compensation Plan". Transport Topics. 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  8. ^ "Roehl Transport raises driver pay with new model". Commercial Carrier Journal. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  9. ^ Maiden, Todd (April 26, 2021). "Roehl Transport announces second pay bump of 2021". Freight Waves. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "Roehl Transport Locations". Roehl Transport. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  11. ^ Steele, Andrew (October 2, 2014). "Roehl Transport celebrates opening of CNG station". NWI Times. Gary, Indiana.
  12. ^ "Gain opens CNG station for Roehl Transport". Fleet Owner. October 14, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
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