Ampco System Parking Awarded Contract with Port of New Orleans.

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2004

Ampco System Parking, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract with the Port of New Orleans in Louisiana. Ampco will provide parking management at the Fulton Place garage and nearby Convention Center lot (leased by the Port of New Orleans), encompassing a total of 1,500 spaces. Ampco will also run shuttle buses, a sea cap service and check-in service for passengers sailing with Carnival, Norwegian, and Royal Caribbean International Cruise Lines.

"While the Port of New Orleans expands its cruise facilities with the construction of a new terminal and parking garage, Ampco is pleased to provide offsite parking management, baggage services and shuttle operations for more than 700,000 passengers that cruise from the Port each year," said Thomas Barnett, president of Ampco System Parking. "We look forward to providing state-of-the-art technology and quality customer service for New Orleans' cruise industry, as passengers continue to make New Orleans a favored port of embarkation," he added.

"The Ampco System Parking team has the most experience in the business, and we are confident that their staff will deliver the highest standards of parking management for our valued travelers. As we continue to expand and improve our facilities at the Port, we are pleased to work with Ampco to ensure that we can meet the growing demand for tourism to and from New Orleans in the most efficient way possible," said Robert Jumonville, director of cruise and tourism, Port of New Orleans.

Ideally located at the mouth of the Mississippi River, the Port of New Orleans is America's gateway to the global market. The Port is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners and is at the center of the world's busiest port complex. The Port's facilities include 22 million square feet of cargo handling area, more than six million square feet of covered storage area, two cruise terminals and adjacent parking facilities. The Port's facilities accommodate an average of 2,000 vessel calls each year. Additionally, more than 700,000 passengers sail through the Port of New Orleans each year.

Ampco System Parking is an industry leader, operating over 1,700 lots and garages in 30 states, including parking facilities at or adjacent to such major international airports as Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Orlando, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

ABM Industries Incorporated is one of the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2003 revenues in excess of $2.2 billion and more than 64,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, engineering, security, lighting and mechanical services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. In addition to Ampco System Parking, the ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial, ABM Engineering, American Commercial Security (ACSS), Amtech Lighting, CommAir Mechanical and ABM Facility Services.