Con-Way Western Express introduces new service to Alaska; Alaska joins 11-state CWX regional trucking network.

BUENA PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1995-- Con-Way Western Express (CWX) has expanded its regional trucking operations to include service to and from Alaska, incorporated into its regional trucking network covering the 11 western states and British Columbia, Canada.

"CWX is excited to add Alaska service to our network," said George C. Reid, president of CWX. "This expansion responds to our customers' needs for full coverage in the western U.S. regional market. Those needs encompass traffic between the U.S. mainland and Alaska."

CWX provides regular service to Alaska points via container steamship from the port of Fife, Wash. Depending on final destination, shipments are routed over one of several Alaskan ports, with a majority of shipments arriving into Anchorage, where they are off-loaded for delivery to their final destination.

Once the freight reaches port in Alaska, it is delivered to its final destination by Con-Way's local marketing partner, Lynden Transport. Based in Kent, Wash., Lynden Transport is one of the largest carriers in Alaska, with 19 terminals covering the state.

CWX's service into Alaska is one of the most competitive and service-sensitive in the marketplace, Reid stated. Shipments destined to Alaska from CWX's 11-state lower U.S. network receive next- and second-day delivery into Seattle, with regular steamship departures from there to Alaska ports. Once dockside in Alaska, shipments receive expedited delivery to the Alaska consignee via CWX's partnership with Lynden.

According to Reid, the bulk of CWX freight shipped to Alaska will consist of retail dry goods, although construction, oil producing, fisheries and fish processing industries are active markets as well. Shippers using the CWX Alaska service will have the same access to on-line tracking, electronic data interchange and image processing capabilities as with any shipment within the CWX network. There will be one bill of lading and one carrier with control and responsibility for the entire shipment process door-to-door.

With the addition of Alaska, CWX now operates in 12 western states including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and southern Wyoming, as well as service to Hawaii.

CWX was founded in May 1983 in California, Arizona and Nevada with 11 service centers, 137 employees and 150 trucks, tractors and trailers. The service network now employs 2,500 people with a fleet of 3,600 trucks, tractors and trailers serving 15,000 points in 12 western states and British Columbia, Canada. CWX also provides service to and from Mexico.

Headquartered in Buena Park, Calif., Con-Way Western Express is one of four transportation businesses owned by Con-Way Transportation Services, a $1 billion regional trucking and intermodal freight transportation company based in Menlo Park, Calif.

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