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CCJ Innovator: Maverick USA
When a company is born, there may not be an easy way to predict its future success. But climbing to the top requires a clear view of the critical steps needed to get there – and stay. Maverick USA’s roots go back to the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 that deregulated the trucking industry. Steve […]
March 21, 2013
The company’s IT team develops dashboards for virtually every department of its separate business entities so users can get a wider view of the overall enterprise.
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CCJ Innovators: Equal Opportunity
Aim NationaLease creates method to ensure technicians use their training.
February 1, 2013
Aim NationaLease has three full-time trainers that travel the country to teach technicians onsite.
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2012 CCJ Innovators Articles
Click below to download PDF versions of the 2012 CCJ Innovators articles from Commercial Carrier Journal.  January – Bay & Bay Transportation February – Nussbaum Transportation March – Area Transportation May – Boyd Bros. June – Tennant Truck Lines July – Price-Tran August – Rocha Transportation September – Berry & Smith Trucking October – […]
January 10, 2013
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CCJ Innovators: Crete pays tribute to veterans
With its new Patriot Fleet, Crete Carrier delivers its message of appreciation for military veterans over the road
January 8, 2013
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CCJ Innovators: Return on retention
Load One builds a model for growth based on keeping drivers.
December 1, 2012
Partly due to its Gold Rewards Program that helps retain drivers, Load One has one recruiter for 365 trucks – 32 company drivers and 333 owner-operators, says John Elliott (left), president of the Taylor, Mich.-based expedited hauler.
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CCJ Innovators: On lockdown
Schneider National’s evolving program sets a benchmark for cargo security measures.
November 1, 2012
Schneider National works with customers to specify that high-value loads be placed on the bottom position of the well of a double-stack rail car to prevent thieves from opening container doors.
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CCJ Innovators: Closing the Loop
Fair Oaks Farms sees opportunity in animal waste.
October 7, 2012
Fair Oaks Farms purchased 42 CNG tractors and subleased the milk delivery operation to Ruan Transportation.
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CCJ Innovators: Low pump prices, low turnover
Berry & Smith Trucking makes fuel costs a nonworry for contractors.
September 4, 2012
Dorothy Vankoughnett, IT manager and controller for Berry & Smith Trucking, reviews ECM data with Dina Elder, the company’s safety/driver liaison.
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CCJ Innovators: A Toast to Safety
Like the wine products it hauls, Rocha and its safety program get better with age.
August 1, 2012
Rocha Transportation’s Corrie Toste (right) accepts the 2011 National Fleet Safety Award grand prize for carriers with less than 25 million miles from the Truckload Carriers Association, marking the third time in the last six years the company has earned the award.
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CCJ Innovators: Driver Development and Pay
Aaron Tennant, Tennant Truck Lines, and Kevin Mullen, Area Transportation, discuss driver satisfaction initiatives and CSA-based driver pay strategies as ways the carriers have strengthened their competitiveness in a tight labor market.  CCJInnovators Webinar: Driver Development and Pay Registration Web Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/717315778 This webinar is sponsored by ACS, Castrol, Freightliner, J. J. Keller and PeopleNet.
July 23, 2012
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CCJ Innovators: Pallet Pricing
Price-Tran develops business model to make LTL rates more simple, affordable.
July 1, 2012
Dave Ward, right, with employees Tom Gerwig, left, and Craig Powers, says Price-Tran drivers do all of the unloading and reloading of freight themselves at the company’s two terminals.
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Tennant Truck Lines owner seeks to instill truckers with pride, opportunity.
June 1, 2012
Aaron Tennant, owner of Orion, Ill.-based Tennant Truck Lines, has met personally with President Obama and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to discuss reducing the federal age requirement for interstate truck drivers from 21 to 18 and allocating funding to driver training programs.
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Boyd Bros. helped to develop an intermodal flatbed product to boost capacity by allowing industrial freight to be transported by railroad.
May 1, 2012
The Boyd Intermodal/Raildecks Intermodal flatbeds – which are being built by Fontaine Trailer – presently have a 44,200-pound capacity, with plans to reach 46,000 pounds as new lighter technologies come to market.
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Flatbed hauler uses CSA performance to modify driver behavior.
March 1, 2012
Area Transportation’s new CSA-based bonus program for company drivers has placed an increased emphasis on the importance of pre-trip inspections and maintenance programs.
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Nussbaum Transportation
Heavy-haul dry van trailer a win-win for both carrier and customer.
February 1, 2012
“Being at the forefront of the industry has been central to Nussbaum’s business strategy since its inception.”
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Bay & Bay Transportation
Bay & Bay’s new lease-purchase program helps owner-operators get off the ground.
January 3, 2012
Bay & Bay’s Predictable Pay Program offers lessees a clear look at where their business should be on a weekly basis to better manage their finances.
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Wil-Trans
Wil-Trans revamps CDL training, apprenticeship program to bring in, retain new drivers.
December 1, 2011
Darrel Wilson, Wil-Trans chief executive officer, hopes the Route 66 CDL and Apprenticeship public school training program eventually can partner with other veteran-minded carriers.
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CCJ Innovators: Recruiting and Driver Pay
American Central Transport’s Tom Kretsinger Jr. and Aaron Thompson discuss the company’s new recruiting and pay initiatives to combat the driver shortage and increase profits.
November 15, 2011
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