Fleet Focus

Ross Transportation driver wins NSC 2010 Safe Driver of the Year

Ross Transportation Services company driver Lewis Eaton received the 2010 Safe Driver of the Year Award in the public sector by the National Safety Council. Eaton was been a commercial driver for 47 years and has driven more than 4.5 million miles. He has drive for Ross Transportation for more than 21 years. The award pays tribute to former NSC member Joseph M. Kaplan, now deceased, who served as NSC’s Southern California chapter for more than 60 years.


HONORS

Refrigerated carrier C.R. England, based in Salt Lake City, won Thermo King’s Energy Efficiency Leader Award. . . . Decker Truck Line Inc., based in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Decker Truck Line named Ricky Catherwood and Joe Holmberg as its November 2010 Drivers of the Month for the flatbed and reefer-van divisions respectively. . . .San Antonio-based tire inflation systems firm Pressure Systems International recognized Fed Ex Freight as the Fleet of the Year for the second consecutive time. . . . Coast-to-coast 500-truck carrier Midwest Coast Transport, based in Sioux Falls, S.D., named Daniel Allen its October Driver of the Month. . . . Ryder System Inc., based in Miami, received the 2010 Green Supply Chain Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

EXPANSIONS

Thomasville, N.C.-based Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. opened a 10-door service center on two acres at 280 Baker Drive in Evansville, Wyo., near Casper. . . . Ryder System Inc., based in Miami, bought food, beverage and consumer goods supply chain solutions provider Total Logistic Control, a SuperValue subsidiary based in Holland, Mich. . . . Springfield, Va.-based TransForce has agreed to buy same-day delivery and logisitcs service provider Dynamex Inc., based in Dallas, for $248 million. n

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