Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Fleet News Con-Way driver named Highway Angel Professional truck driver Robert Woolf of Leland, N.C., was named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association. Woolf, a driver for Con-Way Truckload of Joplin, Mo., was driving along I-90 about 100 miles east of Syracuse, N.Y., on Nov. 7 when a car hit a guard rail, jumped across the median, spun and crashed. Woolf stopped, worked his way into the car and pulled out the bloodied, unconscious driver, making a makeshift brace of his hands to protect the man's neck. Honors Crete Carrier was named a finalist for 2013 Most Valuable Employer for Military by CivilianJobs.com. … Wal-Mart Transportation recognized its Carriers of the Year: General Merchandise Gold, Tango Transport; General Merchandise Platinum, Heartland Express; Grocery Dedicated, Swift Transportation; Intermodal, Hub Group; National LTL, YRC Freight; Regional LTL, Averitt Express; Sam's Club, Heartland Express; Small Parcel, FedEx Corp.; Temperature Controlled Gold, Jim Palmer Trucking; Temperature Controlled Platinum, C.R. England; Diversity, Barr-Nunn Transportation; Innovative Excellence in Transportation, J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. Text INFO to 205-289-3555 or visit www.ovdinfo.com Facilities Melton Truck Lines broke ground in March on a new corporate office in Catoosa, Okla. The building will be a 77,000-square-foot three-story office on a 12.5-acre parcel. …Old Dominion Freight Line relocated its Cincinnati service center to a larger facility with 157 doors compared to 46 at the prior facility. The new service center at 6431 Centre Park Drive will serve Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. 76 | Overdrive | April 2013 Untitled-19 1 Fleet_News_0413.indd 76 3/7/13 10:12 AM 4/1/13 10:42 PM