Con-Way Southern Express drivers in Shreveport recognized for three million miles of safe driving.SHREVEPORT Shreveport (shrēv`pôrt), city (1990 pop. 198,525), seat of Caddo parish, NW La., on the Red River near the Tex. and Ark. lines; inc. 1839. , La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1995--A group of drivers for Con-Way Con-way, Inc. (NYSE: CNW) is a $ 4.2 billion freight transportation and logistics company with businesses in less-than-truckload and full truckload freight services, truckload brokerage, logistics, warehousing, supply chain management and trailer manufacturing, based in San Southern Express (CSE (Certified Systems Engineer) See Microsoft certification. ) has accomplished a major milestone for safe driving by accumulating three million consecutive miles without a preventable accident. The 30 drivers/sales representatives, who operate CSE's trucks at night moving freight over the road between Shreveport and points in the company's 12-state network, started their collective safe driving performance on the day the Shreveport center opened in October October: see month. of 1989. The group surpassed three million accident-free miles during the fourth quarter of 1994, a safety streak of more than five years. CSE in Shreveport employs 44 people, 12 of whom are employed driving tractor-trailer "doubles" units over the road. Other drivers/sales representatives operate trucks in local city service providing pick-up and delivery of shipments from customer facilities. "Our company is committed to the safest operations possible," said John Hickerson, president of CSE. "This safety commitment could not be better demonstrated than by the accomplishment of these drivers/sales representatives, who were supported by our entire team in Shreveport. They all played a collective role in this impressive safety achievement and we are extremely proud of them." Shreveport is the third CSE facility to reach the 3 million mile safe-driving mark. In 1994, CSE's Memphis service center also surpassed three-million accident-free miles as did CSE's Little Rock center in the first quarter of 1995. Con-Way Southern Express is a regional trucking firm providing next-day and second-day freight deliveries with a network of 101 service centers in 12 southern states Southern States U.S. Confederacy government of 11 Southern states that left the Union in 1860. [Am. Hist.: EB, III: 73] Dixie popular name for Southern states in U.S. and for song. [Am. Hist. . CSE is part of Con-Way Transportation Services, a $1 billion company which also owns regional LTL LTL - Linear Temporal Logic motor carriers Con-Way Western Express and Con-Way Central Express, as well as Con-Way Truckload truck·load n. The quantity that a truck can hold. truckload n → camión m lleno Services, a nationwide multi-modal truckload services and international cargo shipping firm. CONTACT: Con-Way Transportation Services Gary Frantz, 415/854-7500 John Barksdale/Arley Baker, 800/220-0371 |
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