Con-way Freight, Cat Logistics ink expanded LTL deal

June 25, 2010

Con-way Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) unit of Con-way Inc., said it has expanded its year-old partnership with Caterpillar Logistics Services, the logistics division of Caterpillar Inc., to offer exclusive less-than-truckload service from a total of 27 states as well as to and from Mexico and Canada.

The expanded compact, which takes effect Monday, adds 16 states and Canada to the network, Con-way Freight said. Con-way Freight already served Cat Logistics to and from Mexico. The initial agreement between the two companies was signed in 2009.

Cat Logistics provides logistics services for its parent company as well as approximately 60 other customers, according to information on the Morton, Ill.-based logistics service provider's website.

3PL/Outsourcing LTL Trucking Transportation

KEYWORDS Caterpillar Con-way Freight

Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.

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