Fleet News
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Overdrive
| May 2014
By Tara Bullock
EquipmEnt
Schneider is investing in
new equipment this year and
is selling 5,700 1999-2004
model-year 53-foot dry van
trailers; prices range from
$4,000 to $8,000. The Green
Bay, Wis.-based truckload car-
rier's inventory can be viewed
at www.schneidertrucks.com.
FacilitiEs
SoutheaStern Freight
LineS,
a Lexington, S.C.-based
less-than-truckload company,
opened a new service center
in Orange, Texas, with 4,000
square feet and 49 dock doors.
Honors
Marten tranSport, a
Mondovi, Wis.-based refriger-
ated hauler, inducted 13 drivers
into its One Million Mile Club,
five drivers into its Two Million
Mile Club and five drivers into
its Three Million Mile Club.
Joplin, Mo.-based
con-way
truckLoad
announced its
2013 Drivers of the Year:
• Company Driver of the Year,
Brian Glover, Lincoln, Neb.
• Independent Contractor
Driver of the Year, Dennis
Hastings, Wyandotte, Okla.
• Company Team of the
Year, Catherine and Robert
Tucker, St. Louis.
• Independent Contractor
Team of the Year, Sherry
and John Hufford, Bell, Fla.
• Regional Driver of
the Year, Juan Lopez,
Galveston, Texas.
k&B tranSportation increased pay
for company drivers on its Midwest
Regional and National fleets by
3 cents per mile. The Sioux City,
Iowa-based refrigerated carrier also
is continuing its 2,500-mile guar-
antee that increases the guaranteed
minimum from $950 per week to
$1,025.
Cookeville, Tenn.-based less-
than-truckload company
averitt
expreSS
announced an across-
the-board pay raise for all levels of
regional truckload, flatbed and dedi-
cated flex drivers, from those with
a year or more experience to new
driving school graduates.
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