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Con-way Freight Named Carrier of Choice by Canadian Transportation & Logistics Magazine
Company Earned its Eighth Consecutive Honor for Attributes Including On-time Performance, Competitive Pricing and Customer Service
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - September 08, 2009
Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), today announced that it has been named a Carrier of Choice in the LTL trucking category by Canadian Transportation & Logistics. The publication selected honorees based on the results of more than 9,000 reader surveys. This marks the eighth consecutive year that Con-way Freight has achieved the designation.
“It is through the hard work and commitment of our employees every day that we provide our customers with exception-free delivery, on-time service performance and faster transit times,” said John G. Labrie, president, Con-way Freight. “We are gratified to see those efforts honored by Canadian Transportation & Logistics and its readers, and we thank them for the recognition.”
In Canadian Transportation & Logistics’ Shippers’ Choice Survey, readers ranked carriers in seven categories: on-time performance, quality of equipment and operations, information technology, competitive pricing, customer service, leadership in problem solving and ability to provide value-added service. The publication establishes a target total score each year and names companies that have exceeded its annual benchmark for five consecutive years Carriers of Choice.&
Complete results are available in the August issue of Canadian Transportation & Logistics.
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About Con-way Freight
Con-way Freight is
the industry’s leading less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation
company, providing guaranteed, day-definite regional and transcontinental
service through a single, unified network of more than 300 service centers in
the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Based in Ann
Arbor, Mich., Con-way Freight
offers LTL freight delivery across North America, as well as delivery in the United States for international
less-than-container (LCL) ocean shipments from Asia through its OceanGuaranteed®
service; and expedited U.S.
delivery for inbound international cargoes from Europe
through an exclusive alliance with TNT. Con-way Freight is a certified FAST
highway carrier and is ISO 9001- and 14001-, C-TPAT/PIP, ACE- and
CSA-certified.
Con-way Freight is a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), a $5 billion diversified freight transportation and logistics services company. For more information, visit https://www.con-way.com/en/freight.
