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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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Modern Transport
Modern Transport builds upon crash avoidance system to develop award-winning safety program.
November 1, 2011
Modern installed a new policy requiring drivers to spend no more than 3 percent of their total drive time at an unsafe following distance interval behind the vehicle in front of them.
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American Central Transport
American Central Transport’s new recruiting program and company driver pay model help pave the road to success.
October 6, 2011
American Central Transport’s goal for drivers entering the ACTivate Careers Program is to convert them to lease operators and independent contractors.
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ABF Freight
ABF Freights developed a tool to interconnect logistical data streams to manage shipments.
September 1, 2011
ABF Freight’s Customer Shipment Manager has improved communication between the customer service department and the terminals that route trucks, drivers and freight for pickups and delivery.
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Pitt Ohio
Pitt Ohio upgrades efforts in Customer Service and Collections departments, driving productivity increases and cost savings.
August 4, 2011
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UPS
UPS takes fuel efficiency matters into its own hands by helping to create a lighter, more fuel-efficient delivery van.
July 1, 2011
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FirstFleet
Dedicated hauler uses IT to do many things extremely well.
May 1, 2011
The Information Technology Team at FirstFleet consists of, from left, Jeff Tudor, technical support specialist; David Sivils, director of IT administration and fuel performance; Adam Bond, network administrator; Linda Bochar, analyst/EDI coordinator; Grant Williams, programmer/analyst; and Austin Henderson, director of IT infrastructure and innovation.
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CCJ Innovators: Improving Customer Service
Saia’s Sally Buchholz and Karla Staver discuss how the company’s Customer Service Indicators program and its new Exception-free Delivery metric are improving company performance and reliability. View the archived webinar at www.ccjwebinars.com.
April 25, 2011
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Saia
Saia improves on its already-proven customer service with new measurement tool.
April 1, 2011
With its new Exception-free Delivery Customer Service Indicator, Saia is working to further improve the number of shipments delivered with no noted exceptions.
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C.R. England
C.R. England takes refrigerated intermodal to the next level.
February 13, 2011
Zach England, vice president of intermodal for C.R. England, says the TempStack containers were designed to preserve cargo capacity in terms of weight, which is more important than cube space to customers.
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Pushing the Envelope
Trucking companies recently featured in CCJ’s Innovators Program share their ideas and best practices that keep them on the forefront of the transportation industry. Learn how you can apply their innovations in your fleet operation. https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/556238394
February 2, 2011
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