The qualities of Mexican companies as small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and as family-owned companies mean that reality is not encouraging for them. According to studies by various analysts, 60% of business entities do not reach a second generation, and even worse, 85% disappear in the third generation.

In addition to the above data, a study by IPADE Business School indicates that 49% of family businesses are at risk of disappearing, due to the lack of sufficiently firm controls to ensure their permanence in the medium term.

Contrary to the two statistics presented above, Trayecto ( number 1 in the Top 100 of Autotransporte® ) is mobilized, and far from having a short-term vision of its business, its strategic planning has a horizon of decades, in addition to this, the third family generation of the founders contributes to the company, but in accordance with the standards of corporate and institutionalized governance.

“Each of the leaders at different times in the company had to face a different reality in the country. Today our vision must evolve according to the challenges we face, but we must strategically plan the company we want to have from 2025-2050, and manage to define the key factors of significance,” describes Jorge A. Casares, CEO of Trayecto.

Trayecto is clear that in order to transcend, various factors must converge, where, although there is the guidance of an institutionalized company, there are also clear objectives that must be met in various horizons ranging from one year to a decade or more.

A fundamental guideline in Trayecto is to serve its seven interest groups, “projects must have a profitability of conscience, as is the case with the electric tractor-trailer project, they are not profitable, but they are of conscience; the objective is how to serve our interest groups,” emphasizes Jorge Casares.

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It has been almost 20 years since Grupo T21 decided to give visibility to the most influential auto transport companies in Mexico. Thus, in 2007, the Top 100 del Autotransporte® was born, the only list in the country that gives visibility to the most important players in the sector that have built a successful path for transport and logistics.

Following this innovative record and under the thorough review of T21 Business Intelligence, the intelligence unit of Grupo T21, the Transportation Awards were created in 2016, an award that recognizes companies that have developed solid growth and implemented good practices in their operations .

This eighth edition of the Transportation Awards not only recognizes the work of trucking companies , but is also a reminder of the importance of the sector for the national economy, to continue being one of the main export partners of the United States.

Top 10 of the 8th edition of Transportation Awards 2024:

1. Trayecto
2. Autotransporte de Carga Tresguerras
3. Transportes Castores de Baja California
4. Grupo Traxión
5. Grupo Marva
6. Grupo Fletes México 
7. TransMex
8. Zinergia
9. Grupo HG Transportaciones
10. Grupo TMS (Transportes Monroy Schiavon)

In addition, in this edition of Transportation Awards, special prizeswere awarded to companies that stood out in areas such as fleet renewal, sustainability, innovation, social and corporate responsibility, diversity and inclusion.

Award: Modern fleet

• +1,000 tractor-trailers: Marva Group
• 351 – 1,000 tractor-trailers: Autotransportes Pilot
• 251 – 350 tractor trucks: Grupo 3T
• Up to 250 tractor-trailers: HH Transportes

Award: Sustainability

• +1,000 units: Zinergia – Journey
• From 501 to 1,000 units: Grupo TM – Corporativo UNNE
• Up to 500 units: Transportes JSV

Award: Innovation

• +1,000 units: Route – Monroy Schiavon Transport (TMS)
• From 501 to 1,000 units: STI – HG Transport Group
• Up to 500 units: Transportes Pitic – Ximple Logistics

Award: Corporate Social Responsibility

• +1,000 tractor-trailers: Tresguerras Cargo Transport
• 501 to 1,000 tractor-trailers:  Grupo Cuauhtémoc – Transportes FEMA
• Up to 500 tractor-trailers: Transportes Mexamerik

Award: Diversity and inclusion

• +1,000 tractor-trailers: Traxion – Marva Group
• 501 to 1,000 tractor-trailers: Estafeta
• Less than 500 tractor-trailers: Transportadora Zemog

In addition, at the eighth edition of the Transportation Awards, prizes were awarded to companies with the best financial results, branding, productivity, actions with an impact on road safety and a systemic vision of safety.

• Financial results: Setramex was the winner , with UTTSA and FEMA Transport as finalists
• Branding: Winner STI – Zinergia, with Trayecto and Transportes Pitic as finalists
• Productivity: Trancasa Group won , Flexcoah and HG Transportaciones competed in the shortlist
• Innovation and Results in Road Safety Award: UNNE Corporate
• Systemic vision of security: MexAmeriK Transport

Likewise, and for the second time, Grupo T21 and VI Human awarded the Drive is Great certification to companies that recognize the best practices in the trucking industry and contribute to the development of operators. The certification verifies more than 100 points that companies must meet to be considered an excellent place for operators to work.

The companies certified this year as Drive is Great are:

Super Transport International (STI):

• New Operator Development
• Operator Retention Strategies
• Training, Capacity Building and Safety
• Employer Brand Development

Trareysa

• Employer Brand Development

FEMA Transports

• New Operator Development
• Training, Capacity Building and Safety

Zinergia

• New Operator Development
• Operator Retention Strategies
• Training, Capacity Building and Safety
• Employer Brand Development

Transportes García´s Trucking

• New Operator Development
• Operator Retention Strategies
• Training, Capacity Building and Safety
• Employer Brand Development

“We know that there is a lot of work to be done to recognize operators and help solve the critical problem of the lack of these and how important and strategic it is for transport companies to obtain certification,” explained Osiel Cruz, CEO of Grupo T21.

Drive is Great is a contribution that began with a focus on the trucking industry to take operators to the next level.

“The plan is ambitious, we want to involve as many companies as possible and recognize the good practices that exist internally, with a methodology developed to distinguish the companies that treat operators best,” explained Osiel Cruz.

For his part, Einar Palomino, CEO of VI Human, explained that the guiding idea of ​​Drive is Great is to give visibility to companies that have a genuine vocation for operators, evaluating 155 factors and collecting 130 pieces of evidence.

“Those of us who make up this community are consolidating a practice that targets the core of the industry’s problem, because this business is about people. With Drive is Great we evaluate four areas in the comprehensive operator system: the ability to develop new talent, the ability to establish models and strategies for retaining operators, the third point is training and finally, the capacity as an employer brand,” said Palomino.

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