LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crete Carrier and Shaffer Trucking have always been a leader in the industry when it comes to driver pay and benefits. For the past ten years, the National ...

While the current driver shortage hasn’t reached the doomsday scenario many analysts had predicted, competition for qualified drivers remains fierce. With a lack of skilled drivers entering the work ...

Crete Carrier Corporation is increasing compensation for all national over the road truck drivers and owner operators at Crete Carrier, Shaffer Trucking, and Hunt Transportation. The pay increase will ...

Crete Carrier Corporation made a $50,000 donation Tuesday to the North Platte Community College Foundation for program enhancements and equipment for the NPCC Diesel Technology Program. A Diesel ...

Crete Carrier Corp. has announced it will start paying its drivers “practical route” miles, effective Oct. 1. Currently, the company pays industry-standard “short route” miles through its Crete ...

LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veteran’s Day was a special day for Crete Carrier Corp. when five veterans of the United States Armed Forces were inducted into the Patriot Fleet, a special group of ...

This story appears in the Sept. 26 print edition of Transport Topics. Duane Acklie, an attorney and banker who built one of the nation’s largest truckload carriers, died Sept. 17 from complications of ...

For the dry van and reefer segments at Crete Carrier, holiday and Halloween freight volume increases may be less “summer doldrums” and more “Christmas in July” based on a recent company video ...

Duane Acklie, chairman of Crete Carrier has passed away at the age of 84 due to complications related to a number of health problems, according to a report in the Omaha World-Herald. Acklie was noted ...

Crete Carrier Corporation (No. 21 in the CCJ Top 250) has been named the 2014 Most Valuable Employer for Military by CivilianJobs.com for the third year in a row. The MVE awards help veterans and ...

LINCOLN, NE – Duane Acklie, the chairman of Crete Carrier, died this weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was 84. Crete expanded to become one of the largest privately owned fleets in the U.S., and now ...

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