Texaco Refining and Marketing and Star Enterprise have entered into an agreement with Comdata Corp. for a variety of trucking company and truckstop services, including transaction processing and a co-branded Comchek/Texaco fuel card. Comdata will issue a
Read More →Gerber Poultry, a Kidron, OH-based company that provides fresh and frozen poultry products to northeast and north central Ohio, has selected Xata as the hardware and software platform for its next-generation fleet management system. Gerber’s goal in
Read More →The Professional Truck Driver Institute of America (PTDIA) has elected its new board of directors that includes 14 new directors and Crete Carrier Corp. Chairman Duane Acklie as its incoming chairman. Acklie will replace Herb Schmidt, CFI
Read More →TravelCenters of America has awarded Buntin Out-of-Home Media the management of its outdoor advertising program. The contract calls for Buntin to provide outdoor advertising management services to the Westlake, OH-based corporation’s 125 locations in 36 states. TravelCenters
Read More →West Side Transport, Cedar Rapids, IA, has been awarded the 1997 Trailmobile Fleet Safety Award. Sponsored by the Iowa Motor Truck Assn., the American Trucking Assns. and Trailmobile, the award is presented to a company that operates
Read More →Landstar Ranger held its annual Ranger Days Open House at its headquarters in Jacksonville, FL, honoring its Million Mile Safe Drivers and winners of the 1997 National Safe Driving Championship. In the company’s annual safe driving competition,
Read More →John Sarto, president of the OmniTRACS Div. of Qualcomm, appeared on World Business Review, a weekly technology television series hosted by Caspar Weinberger, chairman of Forbes magazine and former secretary of defense. In addition to Sarto’s participation
Read More →Stewart & Stevenson Services has opened its Truck & Transport Refrigeration Service Center on I-12 in Hammond, LA. Built in response to the needs of drivers of heavy duty trucks and motorhomes, the facility provides major repair
Read More →Xata Enterprise Technologies has released Desktop Dispatch, a Windows-based, 32-bit Internet-enabled dispatching application that provides a full-fleet operating system. Software combines multiple dispatch functions into one desktop application, performing such tasks as order entry, equipment and driver
Read More →TCA’s Auxiliary has published the Truckers in the Kitchen cookbook, with proceeds benefitting the TCA Scholarship Fund. The cookbook features 500 recipes submitted by members of the trucking industry. In addition to dishes such as artichoke cheese
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