Commercial Carrier Journal has named Joliet, Illinois-based GP Transco its 2026 CCJ Innovator of the Year for its artificial intelligence aimed at optimizing planning and minimizing wait times with its HOS ETA/ETE Simulator. The tech platform saves time for capacity planners, eliminates human errors and optimizes driver-load matching at scale with its Loads and Drivers Recommender.
The CCJ Innovators program is sponsored by Comdata, Shell Lubricants and Mack Trucks.
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GP Transco was selected by CCJ editors as the 2026 CCJ Innovator of the Year at the 22nd annual CCJ Innovators Summit in Key Largo, Florida, Thursday night. The event gathers current and previous CCJ Innovators for three days of networking, presentations and idea sharing among some of the trucking industry’s most forward-thinking fleets and leading executives. During the year, CCJ, a national leading business magazine for truck fleet executives, highlights one fleet each month as part of its CCJ Innovators program.
GP Transco was in a class of other industry-leading fleets recognized by CCJ editors throughout 2025, including NAPA Transportation, K&B Transportation, Stokes Trucking, Grand Island Express, R.E. Garrison, Polaris Transport Group, Knight-Swift, Leonard's Express, Keller Trucking, Roadrunner and Bickner Trucking.
GP Transco was also recognized as a CCJ Innovator in 2022 for its Transportation Management System (TMS), OpenRoad TMS. OpenRoad has also helped GP Transco to more closely monitor driver satisfaction, which helps with retention, the company said.
