Memo

Cape company wins gold safety award

Genesis Transportation Co. in Cape Girardeau was presented a gold safety award by Great West Casualty Co. of South Sioux City, Neb., as part of the 2006 National Fleet Safety Awards Program. The program drew more than 525 entries from across the country. Carriers were recognized for achieving a low preventable accident frequency per million miles of operations. The program recognizes fleets in similar operations (truckload and less than truckload) with awards based on their year-end preventable accidents results.

-- From staff reports