Top talent in the road freight sector was on show on Saturday at the 2025 Transporting New Zealand South Island Seminar Industry Awards in Christchurch.
The awards celebrate individuals and organisations that have made exceptional contributions to the road transport sector through innovation, safety, industry awareness, and training.
The VTNZ Supreme Contribution to NZ Road Transport Award was a posthumous award to Alex McLellan who tragically died in a workplace accident last year.
Alex was the founder of Balclutha’s McLellan’s Freight and was a huge presence in the freight sector. He was well known for his big hearted and generous nature, his sense of fun, and commitment to making the industry better.
The award was accepted on his behalf by widow Kim Unahi-McLellan, seen here with VTNZ’s Richard Northover, left, and Jim Crouchley from Transporting New Zealand.
The other awards, which we’ll have in more detail in upcoming posts, were:
• TrackIT Logistics Women in Road Freight Transport: Jax Smith and Jen Hall
• EROAD Young Driver Award: Sydney Sangster
• EROAD Outstanding Contribution to Health and Safety: Hammar New Zealand Limited
• Fruehauf Outstanding Contribution to Innovation: TrackIT Logistics
• Outstanding Contribution to Training: MOVe Logistics.
Congratulations to the winners and the nominees!
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