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| October 2014
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By Dean SmallwooD
Pay
Boyd Bros., a Clayton,
Ala.-based flatbed carrier,
announced a pay increase
that allows drivers to aver-
age 54 cents per mile and
a seasonal bonus of 2 cents
per mile for company driv-
ers and 4 cents per mile for
lease-purchase drivers.
Tacoma, Wash.-based
Interstate dIstrIButor Co.
announced a new Pay for
Performance Bonus package
that allows team drivers with
six months of experience to
earn up to an additional 6
cents per mile.
Facilities
C.r. england opened a
48,000-square-foot terminal
in Colton, Calif., and added
10 new liquefied natural gas-
powered Mack Pinnacles for its
Southern California fleets. The
34-acre terminal has eight
service bays, a truck wash and
an 18,000-square-foot driver
resource center that includes
exercise equipment and a
laundry.
Honors
dayton FreIght lInes,
an Ohio-based less-than-
truckload provider, won its
first 2014 LTL Carrier of
the Year Award from Penske
Logistics for its work with
Dana Holding Corp. in the
categories of on-time pickup
and delivery, communica-
tions and EDI compliance.
Con-way FreIght, an Ann Arbor,
Mich.-based less-than-truckload
company, announced that Doug
Phelps became its fifth profes-
sional driver to surpass 3 million
consecutive accident-free miles.
Phelps, who lives in Morrisdale,
Pa., started with Con-way Freight
in 1985 and is a 33-year driving
veteran.
Con-way Freight driver achieves 3 million safe miles
Doug Phelps
has driven
for Con-way
Freight for 29
years.