OVERNITE ADDS FIVE STATES TO REGIONAL ADVANTAGE SERVICES

OVERNITE ADDS FIVE STATES TO REGIONAL ADVANTAGE SERVICES    Overnite Transportation Co., the Richmond, Va.-based less-than-truckload carrier, has added Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma to its Advantage Overnite service.
   The expanded service area improves transit times on more than 2,000 lanes throughout the central, northeastern, southeastern, southwestern and western regions. Advantage Overnite, launched last year, now provides full coverage in 32 states east of the Rockies and provides more than 15,000 next-day and second-day service lanes.
   Overnite also expanded the service last week into Canada with Advantage Canada, serving Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, including New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.