Celebrating 60 years of service, McKenzie Tank Lines is arguably one of the largest tank-platform delivery services in the United States.
Established in 1944, McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc. has grown from two tank trailers hauling petroleum products to a large diversified fleet of over 300 tractors and 900 tank trailers., employing around 400 drivers, mechanics and other staff.
Florida Panhandle Technical College in Chipley, Florida recently had the honor of seeing CDL (Commercial Vehicle Driving) graduate Antonio ‘Tony’ Cruz awarded the ‘2017 Driver of the Year’ distinction by McKenzie Tank Lines.
Designed to celebrate and recognize drivers who go above and beyond the expected standards of performance, dedication, community, mentorship and other areas, the ‘Driver of the Year’ award is the culmination of the winnowing down through 52 McKenzie drivers who win the annual ‘Million Miles Without Incident’ awards, 12 ‘Driver of the Month’ awards and finally a single recipient of this prestigious annual award.
Based out of Panama City, Florida, Cruz is an Army veteran, wounded in combat in Iraq, and part of the Wounded Warrior Project.
Cruz graduated top of his class from Florida Panhandle Technical College (formerly known as Washington-Holmes Technical Center at the time) and was always known for his confident, positive attitude and his contagious smile.
‘We are so very proud of the accomplishments of Antonio Cruz, and all the other students we see here each year at Florida Panhandle Technical College’, said FPTC Director Martha Compton, upon hearing of the accomplishment, ‘and we are proud of our wide array of certification and degree programs offered here’.
‘Our CDL Program is just one of many offerings here on the Chipley campus that sometimes do not get the attention they deserve, but the results of which are seen every day by graduates such as Antonio Cruz, who are in the work force, doing the jobs that need to be done, every day’, continues Compton.
‘We are successfully putting people into jobs in our communities every day here at Florida Panhandle Technical College and we are proud to say so’, Compton finishes.
Celebrating 50 years of service to Northwest Florida, financial aid is available for many of the over 35 degree and certification programs at Florida Panhandle Technical College, located in downtown Chipley, Florida, and for more information, stop by Student Services on Hoyt Street, visit online at www.fptc.edu or call Student Services at 850-638-1180 ext. 317.
