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Miller Transporters company history timeline

1944

By 1944, the Harrison transport firm was seeing a moderate increase in activity.

1950

In 1950, when two of Hal's sons, Jaime and Dick, joined the company, it was operating 30 trucks.

1952

Petroleum Transporters took its first tentative steps outside its home state in 1952, when it secured limited interstate authority to haul petroleum products from Meridian into Alabama and from West Memphis, Arkansas, into Mississippi.

1964

On January 15, 1964, the Interstate Commerce Commission approved a merger of those three firms, and the new company, Hearin-Miller Transporters, began operations on the first of April.

1970

In 1970, the Lumberton terminal was built at the request of Southland Oil Company, who had bought an oil refinery in the area and wanted Miller Transporters as its carrier.

1978

The year 1978 was especially memorable for Yazoo City driver J. C. Franklin, who was named Truck Driver of the Year by the Mississippi Trucking Association.

1980

The threat of deregulation became reality in June 1980, when the Motor Carrier Reform Act was passed.

1981

Easing restrictions on expansion made it possible for Miller Transporters to purchase Wheeling Pipe Line in the summer of 1981.

2007

Miller was recognized by the National Tank Truck Carriers as the industry safety leader in 2007 with the Heil Trophy.

2009

Miller has been a partner in the EPA’s Smart Way program to reduce carbon emissions since 2009.

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