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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 6, 2000

Knights Inn Internet Site for Truckers

Knights Inn has created an Internet site aimed at over-the-road truckers. Located at http://www.knightsinn.com, the site provides real-time, online reservations capabilities for the chain’s 200 facilities in North America. The site — which also offers details

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 6, 2000

Cobra On Tour Visits Truckstops

Cobra Electronics is bringing its Cobra On Tour show vehicle to truckstops across the country, showcasing the latest offerings in the company’s range of product lines. The truck is a 24-foot, Ford-chassis Winnebago featuring real-life displays

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 6, 2000

Seminar Teaches Brokering

Seminar scheduled for July 30 to Aug. 1 in Milwaukee is designed to teach fleet executives, owner-operators, traffic managers and entrepreneurs brokering and transportation negotiation skills. The School of Brokering has been instructing since 1987 and

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 6, 2000

Used Oil Association Posts Internet Site

The Used Oil Management Assn. has created an Internet site to provide information on used oil and the environment, the economics of on-site recycling, technological advances in the design of used-oil-fired heaters and water boilers and

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Drivers•by Staff•October 6, 2000

Overnite Selects First All-Star Road Team

Overnite Transportation Co., Richmond, VA, has selected 17 drivers for its first-ever Overnite All-Star Road Team. Modeled after ATA’s America’s Road Team, the Overnite crew will travel across the country to speak about safety issues and

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 6, 2000

Year 2000 Software

Innovative Computing Corp. has introduced R5 software that is year 2000 compliant. Software is designed to run on the company’s Innovative Transportation System, which allows fleets to communicate with drivers on the road, provide payroll services

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 6, 2000

Mobile Dispatching

Lavelle Engineering Technologies has developed On+Site Dispatch Software, designed to blend Internet and digital cellular telephone technologies to improve efficiency, automate recordkeeping and reduce costs for fleets involved in mobile dispatching. With On+Site, information required by

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 6, 2000

Ryder Opens Used Vehicle Center

Ryder Transportation Services has opened its newest used vehicle sales center in Bolingbrook, IL. Located at 679 Frontage Road, the facility will feature a fleet of more than 100 Ryder road-ready vehicles, including light and medium

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 6, 2000

Dispatch Software

Xata Corp. has introduced the Yard Express dispatching tool, which combines Xata’s wireless communications application with its onboard computers and fleet management system to help improve driver productivity. When a driver pulls into a yard, software

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 6, 2000

OOIDA Names New General Counsel

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn. has appointed Paul D. Cullen Sr., as its new general counsel. Cullen practices law in Washington, DC, and has appeared on behalf of OOIDA in numerous cases. “Paul Cullen brings years of

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