Consolidated Freightways is First Motor Carrier to Provide Less-Than-Containerload Ocean Service to the Military.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1997-- Consolidated Freightways Consolidated Freight was the 3rd biggest trucking company in the US. In the 1930s they started their own truck manufacturing operation, Freightliner, now part of DaimlerChrysler. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CFWY CFWY Consolidated Freightways ), a full-service trucking company, has become the first major motor carrier to provide less-than-containerload (LCL 1. LCL - The Larch interface language for ANSI standard C. [J.V. Guttag et al, TR 74, DEC SRC, Palo Alto CA, 1991]. 2. LCL - Liga Control Language. Controls the attribute evaluator generator LIGA, part of the Eli compiler-compiler. ) ocean service to the United States Department of Defense. "As the first non-vessel-operating-common-carrier (NVOCC See Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers. ) to receive government approval for LCL services, CF offers military shipping locations a clear alternative to expensive and sometimes restrictive air freight services," said Britt Anderson, manager of international operations for Consolidated Freightways. "This service provides rapid response to immediate shipping needs so that overseas military supply center inventories can be replenished regularly through the most cost-effective means." Previously, the Department of Defense has shipped internationally using full containerloads or air freight. Using full containerload service to ship overseas meant that military installations would often have to wait up to three weeks for the ocean containers to fill. Under CF's LCL ocean service, military installations can take advantage of immediate departures on the fastest possible vessel sailings, reducing inventorupplies and this is a natural expansion of our calso arranges for special ized customs cleara nce and delivery of shipments overseas. A CF representative assists with all necessary U.S. documentation and preparation of paperwork for final delivery to the military base or installationg its system of 350 terminals and 21,000 employees. The company also provides freight services between the United States and more than 70 countries. CONTACT: Consolidated Freightways, Menlo Park 415-986-4422 or 800-227-0845; LA 310-820-9473 Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet |
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