Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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FLEET NEWS Shaffer Trucking, a national reefer carrier based in New Kingstown, Pa., released its 75th -anniversary trucks to five company drivers. The trucks are International ProStars customized with the company's 75th-anniversary symbols, the individual drivers' years of service and career miles displayed on the doors. Criteria in the driver selection process included safety, mileage and other factors. Honors Dwyte B. Putman was named April 2012 Driver of the Month by Van Buren, Ark.- based USA Truck and received $250 cash, $100 in company store credit, a plaque and more … Standard Forwarding, a sub- sidiary of DHL Freight, was named Great Lakes/Midwest LTL Carrier of the Year in Mastio & Company's annual benchmarking study … Brown Trucking Company announced the induction of 22 drivers to its Million Mile Safe Driving Hall of Fame: Steve Alston, Eric Barbee, Danny Burton, Robert Foster, Donnie Fretwell, Jason Fuller, Fred Holt, John Howard, David Hudson, Parham Jones Jr., John Lee, Darron Maddox, Gary Moore, Timothy Moore, Bobby Ray, Jose Salas, Robert Shifflett, Henry Tart, Tim Thomas, Willie Warthen, Marshall Yow and David Zeits … E.W. Wylie named Kevin Widmer its 2011 Company Driver of the Year. Equipment Jacobson Companies pur- chased 259 Mack Pinnacle on-highway trucks. The Des Moines, Iowa-based fleet bought 139 daycabs and 120 sleepers, each equipped with Mack ClearTech MP8 445-hp engines … Construction of a compressed natural gas fueling station began in Ambridge, Pa., at Beemac Trucking, to fuel the company's new CNG- powered equipment. It will be completed in early 2013. 116 | Overdrive | August 2012 Text INFO to 50298 or visit ovdinfo.com