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tr ucking oppor tunities HONORS Drug and alcohol testing service Compliance Safety Systems honored Dart Transit, J.B. Hunt Trans-port, Maverick Trans-portation, USA Truck, US Xpress and WSE Trans-portation as winners of its inaugural safety and DOT regulation compli-ance contest. . . . Bolt Express was recognized as Carrier of the Year by the GPSNet Technologies Conference. . . . Marten Transport's March Driv-ers of the Month are Joel Abegglen, Jarrett Alex-ander, Mark Budd, David Circosta, Daryl Dani, James Duncan, John Evans, William Gamble, Stuart Gibbs, Roger Hawkins, Brian Hights, William Howard, Ken Jacobs, Matt Kolleng, Joseph Ngoma, David Parker, Don Patter-son, Duane Pepper, Wayne Sanders, Ed Shamburger, Michael Staten, Bob Ste-vens, Andrew Stitt, Johnny Wattenburg, Thomas Wendt, Carl Westmore-land and Randy Williams. . . . Flatbed carrier TMC Transportation , based in Des Moines, Iowa, was named a partner in the U.S. Department of Labor's apprentice program, which allows new and current drivers to become accred-ited through the DOL. n april 2009 Overdrive 81 Bennett_OVD0209_PG.indd 1 1/19/09 3:06:13 PM Circle 172 on Reader Service Card Fleet Focus Specialized freight transporter Bennett Motor Express named Robert Wilbur, of Acworth, Ga., General Freight Driver of the Year, and John David West, of Raeford, N.C., Heavy Haul Driver of the Year. Winners were chosen from nearly 700 owner-operators who haul for the fleet, which special-izes in heavy, over-dimensional and unusual freight. . . . Maverick Transportation , based in Little Rock, Ark., honored 33-year vet-eran driver Ben Eby, of Caldwell, Ohio, as its Driver of the Year. Bennett, Maverick choose Drivers of the Year