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July 13, 2006 5:00 PM, EDT

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niversal Truckload Services said late Thursday it acquired the operations of Alabama truckload carrier Noble & Pitts. Terms were not disclosed.

N&P, Scottsboro, Ala., which provides dry van, flatbed and brokerage services, will operate as part of Universal’s Mason & Dixon Lines subsidiary.

Noble & Pitts generated combined truckload and brokerage revenue of about $33 million last year, including fuel surcharges of $3 million, Universal said in a statement.

Universal Truckload Services, a non-asset based provider of transportation services in the United States and Canada, is ranked No. 64 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.