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CCJ Innovators: Page 16

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.

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

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.

CCJ Innovators

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.

CCJ Innovators

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.

CCJ Innovators

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.

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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Pitt Ohio

Pitt Ohio upgrades efforts in Customer Service and Collections departments, driving productivity increases and cost savings.

August 4, 2011

UPS

UPS takes fuel efficiency matters into its own hands by helping to create a lighter, more fuel-efficient delivery van.

July 1, 2011

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.

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

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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Fleet of commercial semi-trucks parked under illuminated canopy at truck stop during dusk

Fuel tax relief proposals languish in Congress with prices breaking records

Federal proposals to suspend gas and diesel taxes have stalled in Congress.

Man in navy suit standing beside blue truck at public event with crowd holding phones

Trump at Peterbilt: American trucking is back. Rid of 'crap' emissions systems

Industrial logistics yard with semi-trucks and colorful shipping containers under clear blue sky

Spot vs. contract: Diverging freight rates and squeezed volume

Orange and white International flatbed truck backed up to loading dock with caution sign visible

Schneider slashes 76% of carriers from its brokerage network

White refrigerated semi-truck with Thermo King cooling unit parked on roadside with trees and red car visible

Managing older trucks amid rising costs and regulatory shifts

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