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LTL Carrier Profile: Con-Way Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

The company was founded by Leland James in Portland, Oregon. In 2007, Con-Way bought CFI and merged it into Con-Way’s existing truckload addition. Con-Way was established in 1929 as Consolidated Truck Lines. Contract Freighters, Inc. CFI) was founded in 1951.

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

With a goal of reducing emissions to zero by 2050, the company has pledged to increase the carbon efficiency of its own activities and those of its transport subcontractors by 50% globally by the year 2025, as compared to the 2007 baseline. UPS has tested this model in Portland, Pittsburg and Ft. In the U.S., Lauderdale.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

According to Supply Chain Dive , “ Cost-cutting has become a major focus for the agency, which has posted $87 billion in losses from fiscal years 2007 through 2020. ” Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers. Despite falling futures markets, parts of the U.S.