Con Way Central Express Opens Regional Service Centers In Bangor And Portland, Maine; Expansion Due to Increased Business Volumes From Local Shippers.BANGOR/PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1995--Con-Way Central Express (CCX (Cisco Compatible EXtensions) Specifications for makers of 802.11 wireless LAN chips for ensuring compliance with Cisco's proprietary wireless LAN protocols. For example, Cisco's LEAP and EAP-FAST are part of CCX. See EAP. ) has opened new service center operations in Bangor and Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a 2004 population of 63,882. Portland is Maine's cultural, social and economic capital. Tourists are drawn to Portland's historic Old Port district along Portland Harbor, which is at the mouth of the Fore River and part , to provide expanded capacity for its regional trucking operations serving businesses in central and southern Maine. The new service centers will provide shippers with expanded capacity for regional freight service with 100 percent intra-state coverage and more efficient overnight and second-day interstate service throughout CCX's 25- state network, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gerald L. Detter, president of the regional carrier. "We are experiencing significant growth in our business levels, which has created the need for additional facilities to service our customers in central and southern Maine," stated Detter. "Our expansion in Bangor and Portland will allow us to effectively manage this growth and provide additional capacity for overnight and second-day delivery needs of customers in Maine as well as throughout the entire CCX region." The new 13-door Bangor service center is located at 3007 Page Road West, in Hermon, Maine Hermon is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,437 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 95.3 km² (36.8 mi²). 93.0 km² (35.9 mi²) of it is land and 2.2 km² (0. , and currently employs 12 people, including six driver/sales representatives. The facility incorporates former CCX pick-up and delivery operations in Waterville, Gardiner and Bangor, Maine For other places with the same name, see Bangor. Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, MaineGR6, United States. It is the major commercial center for eastern and northern Maine. For U.S. , and now serves as the base for servicing those communities. Located at 7 Ginn Road in Scarborough, Maine Scarborough is a town in Cumberland County on the southern coast of Maine. It is located about 7 miles (10 km) south of Portland. Since 1969, the town has had a Council-manager government. , the new 30-door service center for the Portland area currently employs nine people, including seven driver/sales representatives. The facility incorporates former CCX pick-up and delivery operations in Lewiston, Gardiner, Biddeford and Portland, Maine. The new CCX facilities in Bangor and Portland provide direct next-day commercial freight delivery service throughout the New England area; south to Baltimore, Md.; and west to the state of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Direct two-day service is provided throughout the CCX and CSE (Certified Systems Engineer) See Microsoft certification. network, CCX's sister carrier. The local CCX/Bangor service center number is 207/942-4993, and the local number for the CCX/Portland facility is 207/885-9690. The CCX toll-free number is 800/421-4007. Founded in 1983, Con-Way Central Express is a regional motor carrier specializing in next-day and second-day service for commercial and industrial less-than-truckload freight. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., CCX has more than 6,000 employees and operates 224 service centers serving more than 70,000 cities and communities throughout 25 midwestern and eastern U.S. states, and the province of Ontario, Canada. CCX provides full coverage interregional in·ter·re·gion·al adj. Of, involving, or connecting two or more regions: interregional migration; interregional banking. service for 12 states in the Southern U.S. in conjunction with its sister company, Con-Way Southern Express. Con-Way Central Express is one of four transportation businesses owned by Con-Way Transportation Services, a $1.3 billion regional trucking and multi-modal truckload freight transportation company based in Menlo Park, Calif. CONTACT: Gary Frantz, 415/854-7500 John Barksdale/Michelle Jones, 800/220-0371 |
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