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CFI Wins Second Consecutive EPA SmartWay Excellence Award

Company Honored for Innovative Efforts Toward Reducing Emissions, Fuel Consumption

JOPLIN, Mo. - October 22, 2007

Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), a Con-way (NYSE:CNW) company and an international truckload carrier based in Joplin, Mo., today announced that it has won its second consecutive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay^SM Excellence Award. The EPA selects winning companies based on their implementation of technologies and strategies aimed at reducing greenhouse gases and other emissions from the transportation sector. The agency honored recipients at the 2007 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference (CSCMP) in Philadelphia today.

Winners are members of the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaboration between the EPA and the freight industry to increase energy efficiency while reducing air pollution. CFI is one of 34 companies chosen for a 2007 award out of nearly 600 participating partners.

“CFI joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership to ensure that we’re part of a long-term solution toward reducing emissions and fuel consumption at this critical time,” said Herb Schmidt, president and CEO, CFI. “We’ve introduced major fleet upgrades, expanded fuel conservation initiatives in our operations, and increased the use of wide-based tires to make real progress toward these important environmental goals while remaining profitable for our stakeholders.”

Since induction into the SmartWay Transport Partnership two years ago, CFI has improved its EPA-derived fuel efficiency/environmental performance score to 1.25, the top and only score that includes the right to display the SmartWay Transport Partner logo on company materials. Only 75 of the participating partners have achieved that honor to date. This year, the EPA did not allow carriers to submit entries for the SmartWay Excellence Awards, but selected winners based on scores, improvement and recommendations from SmartWay representatives.

“The EPA is pleased to recognize Partners with SmartWay Excellence Awards. The award winners are leading the way toward a cleaner, more efficient transportation future with strategies that reduce emissions and increase profits,” said Margo T. Oge, director of EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality.

SmartWay Transport is a voluntary partnership between the EPA and freight industry businesses aimed at reducing emissions of carbon dioxide by 33 to 66 million metric tons and nitrogen oxide by up to 200,000 tons, as well as saving up to 150 million barrels of oil per year. The program officially opened to all companies in February 2004.

About Contract Freighters, Inc.
Joplin, Mo.-based Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI) 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. Acquired by Con-way in 2007, CFI was combined with Con-way Truckload to create an organization that employs over 3,000 drivers with a fleet of more than 2,700 tractors and 8,600 trailers operating throughout the United States, 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. CFI/Con-way Truckload is a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), a $4.7 billion freight transportation and logistics company and FORTUNE magazine’s “Most Admired Company” in transportation and logistics for 2007. For more information, visit www.con-way.com/truckload.

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