The American Moving and Storage Association recently honored three Atlas Van Lines drivers at its 2001 Management and Tradeshow Conference.
Bob Short, who drives for Alexander’s Moving & Storage of Tustin, Calif., received the Super Van Operator Lifetime Achievement Special Runner-Up Award. Short has driven for Alexander’s since 1972, has 1.7 million accident-free miles and hasn’t received a moving citation in the past 5 years. He previously received the Atlas Safe Driving Award and was named to the Atlas Scroll of Honor. Short delivers toys to needy children each year.
Robert Warren, who drives for Bean Moving & Storage in Hattiesburg, Miss., received the Super Van Operator Special Runner-Up Award. He’s logged more than 360,000 accident-free miles with no moving violations in the past 5 years. Warren was named in the top 10 percent of Atlas Van Lines drivers since 1991 and last year received the van line’s Safe Driver Award for 250,000 accident-free miles.
Gus Howard received the Super Van Operator – Special Commodities Special Runner-Up Award. He’s driven for Atlas’ Specialized Transportation Division since 1997 and has logged more than 565,000 miles in the past 5 years with no preventable accidents or moving violations. Howard has received safe driver awards since his first 100,000 miles, and he now has more than 2.5 million miles of safe driving.
Covenant Receives Award
Home Depot honored Covenant Transport with the Truckload Carrier of the Year, Silver Award. Covenant received the award because of its performance in on-time delivery and pick-up, EDI response time, sales and operations interaction with Home Depot, and commitment to customer service.
Heartland Drivers of the Month
Heartland Express, Inc. of Coralville, Iowa, named its Drivers of the Month for July. The Company Drivers of the Month were Robert Wesolowski, Michael Fisher, Robert Horton and Gary Wells. The Owner-Operators of the Month were Roger Melton, James Kochheiser, William Meade and Jimmy Campbell.
George Capron
