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Longtime Bison Transport president and CEO Rob Penner will retire Friday after 35 years with the carrier. the company announced.
Chief Administrative Officer Mike Ludwick will succeed Penner as interim president and CEO on June 1. Ludwick, who started with the company in 1997, is already president of Bison Transport USA.
“Rob helped navigate Bison Transport through times of unparalleled change and growth, capping his career with the successful transition of ownership from the Jessiman family to the Richardson family,” said Don Streuber, Bison’s executive chairman, in the release.
Ludwick described Penner as “an incredible leader in our business, industry and community” in the release.
“With his guidance, I am proud that we have built an incredible team that will take this business into our next phase of growth,” said Ludwick.
The Winnipeg-based freight carrier’s fleet includes 3,000 tractors and 10,000 trailers and containers.
Bison’s services reach far beyond Canada to the US and Mexico. The carrier signed an intermodal agreement with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) in January to convert freight trucks to rail and capitalize on the recent trend of near-coastal shipping.