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, MI -- (Marketwire) -- 09/08/09 -- 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.

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