Gary Petty in Fleet Owner

The Army & Air Force Exchange (AAFES) is a joint command of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force and is directed by a Board of Directors responsible to the . . ._x000D_

Restaurant Technologies, Inc. is one of the nation’s leading – and fastest growing – providers of bulk cooking oil management services to the food industry…_x000D_

The corporate slogan for Shaw Industries — “Where Great Floors Begin” — appears on all 3,720 of the company’s trailers.

The Transport Operations group of Marathon Petroleum Company LLC (MPC) operates 134 tractors and 154 trailers throughout the Midwest. With over 400 employees …

The automotive replacement parts business is demanding and highly competitive. One of the top players is General Parts, Inc./CARQUEST…_x000D_

It was a pleasure last fall for me to spend a 12-hr. shift with Erwin Deelsnyder, a driver at the BOC Carbon Dioxide Plant in Pekin, IL. This is a glimpse…

How does a company change an institutional culture for better safety results? The answer lies in both “top down” and “bottom up” changes…_x000D_

With $650 million in annual sales, Indiana-based Batesville Casket Co., a division of Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., is a leading U.S. casket manufacturer…

The fortunes of private fleets will continue on the upswing for 2006, with many planning to expand capacities…

In a recent webcast on “Avoiding Negligent Supervision,” sponsored by NPTC and J.J. Keller & Associates, panelist Alex P. Jankauskas of Kraft Foods Global, Inc., reported that the Kraft Private Fleet…_x000D_

Among the most unfair anti-business laws are those that impose liability on businesses when the customer does something wrong. It’s called “vicarious” liability…_x000D_

Diets of many truck drivers are killers. Truckers, like most Americans, pick hamburger, fries and the like as their food of choice when eating out…_x000D_

The use of contract drivers continues to be a growth business in the private fleet truck market. Indeed, over the past 30-years…

When Greg Mathein was hired by SENCO Products, Inc. in the 1970’s, his “marching orders” from the company’s owner were…

In many parts of the country, police crackdowns on drunk driving through checkpoints set up on holidays and weekends…_x000D_

At its Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, NPTC announced that developments were under way for a new membership benefit, the Fleet Justification Program. …._x000D_

For many who grew up in the ’50s, carnivals represented brightly lurid worlds of forbidden fantasy and adventure. Who can forget ….

This year’s class of Certified Transportation Professionals (CTPs) is exceptional. For the first time in the program’s 12-year history, all candidates ….

In the best selling book, “Good to Great”, author Jim Collins identified Walgreens as one of 11 companies that had performed an average of seven times better than the stock ….

A few years ago, a growing, high profile private fleet faced a labor crisis. Driver hourly rates and overtime costs were rising while productivity was falling…._x000D_