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Con-way Truckload Recognized by EPA’s SmartWay™ Transport Partnership for Fuel Efficiency and Environmental Performance in 2008
Company Receives Highest Overall Score for Second Consecutive Year
JOPLIN, Mo. - March 30, 2009
Con-way Truckload, a full truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), today announced it has received the highest fuel efficiency and environmental performance score for 2008 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay™ Transport Partnership. For the second consecutive year, Con-way Truckload received a Shipper Index Factor (SIF) of 1.25, the highest possible score awarded under the EPA program.
The rating signifies that Con-way Truckload is utilizing the largest number of commercially available fuel savings strategies, while continuing to actively evaluate and consider promising new savings methods and emerging technologies. High SIF scores make carriers and logistics companies more attractive to freight shippers wanting to better manage their carbon emission reduction strategies. Companies achieving the highest score are also granted exclusive rights to use the trademarked SmartWay logo.
Con-way Truckload, which operates a fleet of more than 2,800 heavy-duty diesel tractors, joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership in 2005 and in 2007 received its second consecutive SmartWay Excellence Award for its innovative work toward reducing emissions and fuel consumption. To date, Con-way Truckload is exceeding its three-year improvement commitment. With single wide-base tires, no-idling strategies, aerodynamic equipment and speed management initiatives, among others, the company in 2008 reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 340,872 tons, which equates to an overall fuel mileage improvement in excess of 3 percent.
“With EPA’s SmartWay Transport program we not only outline specific strategies aimed at reducing our carbon footprint, but we also track our progress against specific targets,” said Herb Schmidt, president of Con-way Truckload. “The program has played an integral role in our ability to maintain a solid sustainability program and consistently exceed goals for improvement. Our efforts demonstrate our commitment to the environment, our customers and to improving our bottom line, and we look forward to continuing to improve the way we run our business.”
Through EPA’s program, more than 1,000 SmartWay trucking and logistics companies commit to measuring and improving the efficiency of their freight operations using the EPA-developed F.L.E.E.T. (Fleet Logistics Energy and Environmental Tracking) Performance Model. Carriers and logistics companies must agree to improve their performance within three years and must also sign the SmartWay Transport Partnership Agreement.
The SmartWay Transport Partnership is an innovative collaboration between EPA and the freight industry to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.
EPA launched SmartWay in 2004 to address the environmental and economic challenges surrounding growth in the freight industry. Through the program, EPA is now working with more than 1,000 businesses to improve both their bottom line and the environment by offering technical assistance, tools for evaluating opportunities to lower fuel use and emissions and help in locating financing for the purchase of fuel-saving equipment and technology.
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About Con-way Truckload Joplin, Mo.-based Con-way Truckload is an operating company of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) and a leading provider of expedited, time-definite full-truckload transportation services across North America. Formerly Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), Con-way Truckload today employs 3,500 drivers with a fleet of more than 2,800 tractors and 8,600 trailers operating throughout the United States as well as internationally in Mexico and Canada. The company provides full-truckload transportation serving the transcontinental shipping needs of commercial and industrial businesses as well as sister company Con-way Freight. For more information about Con-way Truckload, visit us on the Web at www.con-way.com/truckload or call (800) 641-4747.
Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) is a $5.0 billion freight transportation and global logistics company.
