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Industry News Mark Murrell, president of CarriersEdge, was impressed by the statements that drivers made about each overall category winner. "It's clear that both these fleets run a range of innovative and effective programs. The results, in terms of driver satisfaction, speak for themselves," he said. Chris Burruss, TCA's president, agrees. "Everyone knows the trucking industry has been dealing with a shortage of professional truck drivers for some time. If all carriers could get their drivers to feel as passionate about their companies as Grand Island Express and Landstar System, I bet that driver shortage would disappear pretty quickly." Love's Travel Stops to Expand Fast-Fill CNG to Texas Triangle Love's Travel Stops today announced the addition of fastfill compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling capability to service Class 8 trucks is underway at eight of its travel stops on the busy highways CHANGING LANES The Best Fleets to Drive For survey and contest was open to any fleet operating 10 trucks or more, regardless of TCA membership status. Fleets had to be nominated by at least one of their drivers (either a company driver or an owner operator). Nominated fleets were evaluated against a broad range of criteria reflecting current human resources best practices, such as driver compensation, pension and benefits, professional development, driver and community support, and safety record. 24 industry news 0513 cl.indd 2 may 2013 // WWW.CHANGINGLANESDIGITAL.COM 4/5/13 9:31 AM