NATIONAL DRIVER APPRECIATION * USA - CSXI Celebrates Week
Jacksonville,FLA,USA -MarketWatch -Aug 28, 2008: -- As part of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, CSX Intermodal (CSXI) is paying tribute to its owner-operators with events at many of the terminals where trains exchange containers and trailers with trucks... Truck drivers arriving at many of CSXI's 40 terminals are greeted by banners proclaiming "thank you." Meals are being served and gifts ranging from commemorative caps to sunglasses and tread gauges are being handed out... CSX Intermodal, a subsidiary of CSX Corporation, is the nation's only stand-alone integrated terminal company serving clients from origin to destination with its own truck and terminal operations plus a dedicated domestic container fleet...
* Truck Driver Appreciation
Arlington,VA,USA -Editorial from Transport Topics -28 Aug 2008: -- A good rule of thumb is that you cannot appreciate truck drivers too much. Considering how long the hours, how hard the work, how demanding the enormous responsibility of safely piloting a large vehicle through every imaginable condition imposed by traffic, weather and customer, the job of truck driving rarely earns a full and just reward. But we’re convinced that expression of admiration for what America’s 3.5 million professional drivers accomplish on a daily basis carries a certain value... That’s what National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is all about — a big community hug, a many-handed pat on the back from all of us who depend on what drivers do... In a sense, then, the week and the championships are the embodiment of the respect owed to America’s truck drivers, who drove 400 billion miles last year to deliver the materials of our lives... The drivers richly deserve any reward we can offer...
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