Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Fleet News 52 | Overdrive | January 2015 By Dean SmallwooD EQUIPMENT Schneider Finance, a division of Green Bay, Wis.-based Schneider, says its revamped mobile-friendly SFITrucks. com website offers an easy- to-complete credit applica- tion to lease new or used trucks from SFI. Pay calark international of Little Rock, Ark., and central hauling co. of Mabelvale, Ark., both announced pay increases and productivity bonuses. All CalArk drivers received a 3-cent-per-mile pay increase and a 2-cent-per-mile pro- ductivity bonus. All Central Hauling independent con- tractors received a 6-cent- per-mile increase and a pro- ductivity bonus. FacIlITIEs con-way truckload of Joplin, Mo., opened a dedi- cated 19-space IdleAir facil- ity at its terminal in Laredo, Texas, providing free air conditioning, heat, electricity, Internet and DirecTV. HoNors con-way Freight, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based less- than-truckload company, announced that Larry Painter became its sixth professional driver to achieve three mil- lion consecutive accident-free miles. dupré logiSticS of Lafayette, La., expanded its Crude Oil Business Group into the Powder River and DJ Basins in Wyoming and Colorado. The group will operate out of a newly purchased termi- nal in Douglas, Wyo., and Dupré expects that within a year the ter- minal will offer more than 50 new jobs, including drivers. The company also announced a 5 percent to 9 percent pay increase for almost 500 Energy Distribution Services group drivers in the Gulf South Region. dupré logistics expands crude oil business