Prime News

800×600 Springfield – MO Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the Department of Defense, announced today that Darren Rook, Fleet Manager, Prime Inc., Springfield Terminal and company headquarters, was honored with a Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary support of its employees and family members of those that serve in the Missouri National Guard and Reserve. At 8:30 a.m. on January 19, 2018 the “Patriot Award” ceremony was conducted during t…

He walked through the grocery store with the list his wife had given him for last minute items for Thanksgiving dinner. He’d only been home an hour and had driven all night just to manage that. But he’d be home at the table surrounded by his family on Thanksgiving and that was worth his fatigue.He walked to the dairy isle and picked up the milk, butter and yogurt, marking them off the list.

This Fall, Prime Inc. has launched a new program called Prime Good Dads. The initiative was created for the fathers and father-figures in the company and the fleet.

Prime Inc. is happy to host the annual Prime Picnic again this year for our driving and nondriving associates and their families to come together to enjoy fun, food, friendly competition, and more! If you are a driver, please communicate with your Fleet Manager if you would like to be routed to one of these events, and we will do our best to get you to one of them.

Prime Inc., North America’s most successful refrigerated, tanker, flatbed, and intermodal carrier, held the second annual Highway Diamonds Gala on Monday, May 15th at the Oasis Convention Center in Springfield, MO. In 2016, the company decided to formalize a program called Highway Diamonds to honor, support, and recognize the female drivers in their fleet. Prime is proud to have nearly 12% of its fleet comprised of female drivers whereas the industry average hovers around 5-6%.

It’s been three years since my journey began in trucking, and with Prime. I’ve been everywhere our trucks go and have experienced just about everything a trucker can. It’s been good, bad, exciting, boring, frustrating and fulfilling beyond anything I could hope and dream. Since I am fiercely independent, I would love to look back and conclude that I’m the one who got me this far but that could not be farther from the truth.