2005 September

TCA audio conference Sept. 29 to address audit risk

The Truckload Carriers Association is presenting an audio conference Thursday, Sept. 29 designed to help trucking companies reduce their legal and financial exposure in compliance reviews. The audio conference, "Preparing for and Managing a Compliance Review Audit," will focus on the critical steps motor carriers should ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 28, 2005

Central Freight Lines’ Springer named National Truck Driver of the Year

Larry Springer, a Texas-based linehaul driver for Central Freight Lines, has been named the American Trucking Associations 2005 National Truck Driver of the Year. Springer, of Holland, Texas, has scored more than 4 million accident-free miles in his 32 years on the road. He competed for ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 28, 2005

Cardinal Logistics rewards driver with new F-150

Cardinal Logistics Management recently handed over the keys to a brand new "Cardinal Red" Ford F-150 to Clinton McGowan, the Chicago winner of the Concord, N.C.-based company's "Ford Fantasy Referral Bonus Program." The contest is designed to locate qualified drivers for the Cardinal team and to ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 28, 2005

FFE awards driver Freightliner Century

FFE Transportation gave away a Freightliner Century to Clyde Williams at the end of its Driver Appreciation Week. This is the second Freightliner Century award the company has given to a driver. Drivers eligible for the truck had a certain average of miles driven ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 28, 2005

Pacer International obtains credit agreement amendment

Pacer International has announced that it has completed an amendment to its credit agreement to permit the ongoing payment of ordinary cash dividends. The company announced on Sept. 7 the declaration of its first-ever quarterly dividend and adoption of a dividend policy that anticipates an annual ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 28, 2005

Cleveland buses rock with Caterpillar clean-diesel engines

Caterpillar clean-diesel engines powered by ACERT Technology will be the engine of choice in a new fleet of buses ordered by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA). The RTA will use the new clean-diesel buses to take the place of older buses powered by compressed ...

By Dean Smallwood Published September 28, 2005

Utility Trailer Manufacturing donates to Katrina relief effort

Utility Trailer Manufacturing, a trailer manufacturing company with dealer locations and facilities throughout the South, has donated $250,000 and equipment to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Senior management gave $250,000 to the American Red Cross to fund Katrina relief efforts. The company and its dealers ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 28, 2005

Sprint offers GPS navigation

Sprint announced the availability of TeleNav GPS Navigator on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network, making it the first GPS Java-enabled handset offering available on both the Nextel National and Sprint PCS networks. TeleNav GPS Navigator is similar to in-car GPS navigation systems sold with luxury vehicles ...

By Aaron Huff Published September 28, 2005

GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services earns customer service award

GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services' maintenance control center, located in Eden Prairie, Minn., has been recognized as a Center of Excellence for customer service by Purdue University's Center for Customer-Driven Quality. The Center of Excellence certification is given to customer service call centers that rank in ...

By Dean Smallwood Published September 28, 2005

All Overnite drivers certified by Highway Watch

Overnite Transportation, based in Richmond, Va., is the first of the top 100 trucking companies to train 100 percent of its drivers in the American Trucking Associations' Highway Watch program. Highway Watch is a national safety and security program that utilizes the skills and experience of ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 27, 2005