Central Transport Dramatically Expands Coverage in the Sunshine State.Business Editors WARREN, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2002 In a move to significantly grow market share, Central Transport(R) today announced the opening of new customer service centers in Fort Myers Fort Myers, city (1990 pop. 45,206), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc. 1905. It has a tourist trade and light industry and is a shipping point for citrus fruits, winter vegetables, flowers (especially , FL; West Palm Beach, FL; and Tallahassee, FL. The opening of these service centers now brings the number of terminals in Florida to eight. Through a series of changes in operations beginning in August 2002 Central Transport has rapidly grown and expanded its terminal network. "Our goal is to provide Central Transport customers with service superior to anything they have experienced before. With our dramatically expanded service area we have significantly enhanced our regional and inter-regional capabilities. Demand for fast and reliable LTL LTL - Linear Temporal Logic service in and out of Florida continues to grow at a vigorous pace, so growing our own business has given our customers a more competitive advantage," said Judy LLewellyn, vice president of sales and operations responsible for the Florida region. In addition, Central Transport offers full state coverage in all states east of the Mississippi River Mississippi River River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. plus Missouri Missouri, state, United States Missouri (mĭz  r`ē, –ə), one of the midwestern states of the United States. , Arkansas Arkansas, river, United StatesArkansas (ärkăn`zəs, är`kənsô'), river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo. and Louisiana. Vice president of marketing, Jovan Jovanovski, said, "Central Transport's investment in its infrastructure is a long-term commitment that leads to high quality, dependable service. We are truly excited about what this expansion means for our customers." Central Transport(R) is a leading brand of LTL service available in most major manufacturing and retail markets throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The service provider, Central Transport International, Inc., is based in suburban Detroit and is part of a group of transportation-related companies that Forbes magazine ranks among its elite Forbes Private 500 with estimated 2001 revenue of $825 million and a work force of 5,100. |
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