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Viking Freight Honored with NASSTRAC'S Regional LTL Award

26 April 2000

Viking Freight Honored with NASSTRAC'S Regional LTL Carrier of the Year Award for 5th Time

    NAPLES, Fla.--April 26, 2000--NASSTRAC Spring Membership Meeting - The members of the National Small Shipments Traffic Conference (NASSTRAC) have once again chosen Viking Freight Inc. to receive their Regional LTL Carrier of the Year Award. The coveted award recognizes carriers' excellence in innovation, service, technology, and performance. Viking, which serves shippers located throughout the U.S., has now received this prestigious award five times since NASSTRAC began giving it out in 1988.
    "Viking has proved once again it is the premiere regional LTL company in the nation," said John S. DuBiel, vice president of global transportation for Revlon, Inc. and chairman of NASSTRAC's Provider Relations Committee, which coordinates the Carrier of the Year competition. "Viking has now been selected for the fifth time by NASSTRAC members who have applauded their efforts by saying thank you."
    Carriers are judged by the members of NASSTRAC for demonstrating excellence in the following areas of high importance to shippers: innovation/industry leadership; rating and billing accuracy; e-commerce; on-time performance; loss and damage claims ratios and processing; technology; support of NASSTRAC and its legislative goals; and customer service. One example of how Viking exceeds on-time performance criteria is its consistent 98 percent-and-higher on-time delivery record.
    At yesterday's awards ceremony Viking President and CEO Douglas G. Duncan commented on how much the award means to the Western regional carrier. "NASSTRAC epitomizes the new cooperative approach in streamlining supply chains. Viking is very happy to be an active participant and ecstatic to be recognized as a leader."
    The annual award is presented to only one carrier in each of four categories: Regional LTL (less-than-truckload), which encompasses carriers providing continuous coverage in a regional market, Multi-Regional LTL, National LTL, and Package/Express.
    As part of FedEx Corp. and its family of companies, Viking Freight Inc. is the leader in providing next-day Western regional freight service. Founded in 1966, the company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. and has more than 5,000 employees. Viking provides services through a comprehensive network of 65 service centers in the eleven Western states, including Alaska and Hawaii. Known for its EZTDBW(R) (Easy-To-Do-Business-With) customer orientation, Viking is also consistently recognized for its industry-leading on-time delivery performance record. In 1999 the company's commitment to safety was honored with the American Trucking Associations' President's Trophy for its safety record. In addition to reliability and convenient e-commerce services, Viking offers shippers value-added services such as cross-border service to Canada and Mexico. More information about Viking can be found at www.vikingfreight.com.
    With annual revenues exceeding $17 billion, FedEx Corp. is the premier global provider of transportation, logistics, e-commerce and supply chain management services. The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently, including: FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground, North America's second largest provider of small package ground delivery service; FedEx Custom Critical, the world's largest provider of expedited time-critical shipments; FedEx Logistics, an integrated logistics, technology and transportation-solution company; FedEx Trade Networks Inc., providing customs brokerage, consulting, information technology and trade facilitation solutions; and Viking Freight, the leading regional freight carrier in the western United States. More than 2.5 million customers are connected electronically through the FedEx information network and approximately two-thirds of its U.S. domestic transactions are now handled on-line.

    NOTE TO EDITORS: FedEx Corp. press releases are available on the World Wide Web at www.fedex.com. EZTDBW(R) is a registered trademark of Viking Freight Inc.