Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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LOGBOOK SHORT HAULS Randall-Reilly Business Media and Information CEO Mike Reilly, left, presents Gordon Keith Redvay, Trucking's Top Rookie for 2012, with a check for $10,000 at The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. Crete driver named Trucking's Top Rookie Gordon Keith Redvay, a driver for Crete Carrier, was named Trucking's Top Rookie by Randall-Reilly Business Media and Information, earning him $10,000. The award was presented at The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas on Aug. 24. Randall-Reilly Recruiting Media Group Editorial Director Brad Bentley said a panel of judges TRUCKER PEN PAL program Trucker Buddy International announced at The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas that it has renamed its Ambassador of the Year award to posthumously honor longtime Trucker Buddy Darrel Hicks, who died in July. He was an original board member of Trucker Buddy when it became a certified nonprofit. THE CNG TRUCK TOUR of the 2013 compressed natural gas-powered Kenworth T660 will tour through November. The stops include Oct. 5-18, MHC Kenworth-Atlanta; Oct. 20-30, MHC Kenworth-Nashville; and Nov. 1-14, MHC Kenworth-Dallas. connected to the trucking industry narrowed the 29-person list of nominees to 10 finalists and then selected Redvay. Slection criteria included availability for loads, on-time delivery, highway safety performance, customer relations, work record and non-job-related activity. – Kathleen Buccleugh ABF eyes next step in Teamsters' suit ABF Freight System is weighing options after a federal judge again dismissed its lawsuit against the Teamsters union, YRC Worldwide, New Penn Motor Express and USF Holland over alleged violations of the National Master Freight Agreement. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright of the Western District of Arkansas dismissed the case without prejudice Aug. 1. Arkansas Best Corp., ABF's largest subsidiary, originally filed the lawsuit in 2010 against the Teamsters and several YRCW subsidiaries over allegations of noncompliance with the collective bargaining agreement that covers most unionized U.S. truckers. Wright had dismissed the case previously, but the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals later reversed her ruling. Last week, an ABF spokeswoman said the less-than-truckload carrier is evaluating its choices, which could include a second appeal to the Eighth Circuit or refiling the case in district court. YRCW issued a statement that it is satisfied with Wright's ruling, which it described as in accordance with the language of the collective bargaining agreement. NMFA negotiations are forthcoming. 16 | Overdrive | October 2012 – Jill Dunn NAFTA SURFACE TRADE in June was up 6.6 percent from June 2011's trade value. Michigan led all states in surface trade with Canada, at $6.5 billion, a 4.5 percent increase from June 2011. $3.5 MILLION in emergency relief funds for Louisiana has been approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation to repair roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Isaac. Damage to federal-aid highways is estimated at $31 million. MAGELLAN UNVEILED in August its RoadMate Commercial 9261T- LM navigation unit for truckers. The GPS has a 7-inch display and features truck-specific route, truck speed limits, truck stops and truck points of interest. Magellan also announced. CLASS 8 truck net orders in August were at 15,935 units, up 27 percent from July, reports FTR Associates.