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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Groendyke Transport page on 28 July 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Groendyke Transport is a tank truck carrier in the United States with headquarters in Enid, Oklahoma. The company was founded on July 12, 1932, by H.C. Groendyke as the sole proprietor and incorporated in 1949. The company currently has 29 terminals in 11 states hauling more than 480,000 loads annually of chemicals, acids, fuels, lubricants, flour, and vegetable oils throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as an ISO 9001 registered carrier.
Before the company's founding, refined fuels were transported by railcar. A young Harold Groendyke saw an opportunity and took it creating a tank truck industry. In 1935, H.C. Groendyke moved the company headquarters to Enid, Ok (where it remains today) to be closer to Eason oil and Champlin refineries. The company was incorporated in 1949. Groendyke Transport continued to expand and in 1965 the company became international. It made its first delivery into Mexico. The company continued to expand throughout the 1970s and 1980s and made its first trip to Canada in 1988. The company is also known as a "military friendly" employer for veterans. The current CEO of Groendyke Transport is H.C. Groendyke's son John D. Groendyke The President is Greg Hodgen and COO is David Snapp.
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| 30 July 2018 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; Revision and Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Medical Qualification Requirements | Federal Register: FMCSA (G. Kelly Regal) |
| 26 April 2019 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Application for an Exemption From Groendyke Transport, Inc. | Federal Register: FMCSA (Raymond P. Martinez) |
| 28 June 2024 | Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Exemption Renewal for Groendyke Transport, Inc. FMCSA announces its decision to provisionally renew Groendyke Transport's exemption to allow the use of an amber brake-activated pulsating lamp on the rear of its trailers in addition to the steady-burning brake lamps required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. | Federal Register Notice  (text)Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White Topic: Groendyke Transport |