USFreightways Carriers Receive Quest For Quality Award

24 August 2000

USFreightways Carriers Receive Quest For Quality Award

    CHICAGO--Aug. 24, 2000--USF Holland and USF Reddaway, regional carrier units of USFreightways Corporation, have been awarded the year 2000 Quest For Quality Award from Logistics Management & Distribution Report magazine, a trade journal which covers the transportation industry. This recognition is announced annually and is actually awarded to freight carriers by their customers, who vote for the carriers they believe provided the best service for the year. Carriers are judged in five areas: on-time performance, value, information technology, customer service and equipment & operations. Carriers must rate average or above in all five categories to receive the award. Results of the study appear in the August issue of the publication.
    USF Holland, which received the highest weighted score in the Midwest/North Central Regional LTL Carriers category, has received the Quest for Quality Award each of the fifteen years regional carriers have been honored. USF Reddaway has received the award for each of the last ten years.
    USF Holland, based in Holland, Michigan, provides next-day and second-day LTL service throughout the Central and Southeast United States with statewide coverage in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin. USF Holland also provides service to and from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
    USF Reddaway, based in Clackamas, Oregon, offers premier LTL service throughout the Western and Rocky Mountain states, including Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Alaska and Wyoming. Terminals in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton provide service to the western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

    USFreightways provides comprehensive supply chain management services, including high-value, regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation, logistics, domestic and international freight forwarding and premium regional and national truckload transportation. For more information, contact the Company at www.usfreightways.com.