Etobicoke, Ontario, May 1, 2008 – Concord Transportation Inc. (“Concord”), a premier provider of transportation and supply chain management services in North America, and Freight Trans Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario (“FTL”), announced today a strategic business alliance that will add reefer services to Concord’s current suite of offerings and increase its existing fleet by 50%. The strategic alliance will allow Concord to service existing Freight Trans Ltd. customers from all of its 23 branches in Canada and the U.S.

“This is a very exciting time for Concord as it celebrates its 35th year of business.” said Marcus Pryce-Jones, President of Concord. “The addition of temperature equipment into our expedited fleet will not only allow Concord to offer temperature services out of California but will complement existing arrangements with other partners in the healthcare industry from a cross border perspective. I am excited to be working with David and his team at FTL as the collaboration between our companies will result in tangible benefits not only for our customers but our employees as well.”

Additionally, Concord also announced that David Borgan, President of FTL will join the Concord management team as Director of Sales. David’s track record at the helm of FTL has yielded explosive growth over the company’s 8 years history. His involvement will play a fundamental part of Concord’s long term commitment to the temperature controlled marketplace in North America.

Both announcements represent positive progress for Concord as a leading successful provider of expedited LTL, TL and temperature controlled service throughout North America.

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New England Motor Freight (NEMF), headquartered in Elizabeth, New Jersey, announces a major partnership agreement with Concord Transportation Inc. of Toronto, Ontario. This initiative takes effect January 7, 2008. Under the terms of the agreement, Concord will receive NEMF freight in Chicago for delivery to Western Canada, in Toronto for Ontario deliveries, and in Montreal for shipments to Quebec and Atlantic Canada. To complete the exchange Concord freight destined for the Northeast United States will flow through NEMF.

Rick Brooks, Concord’s Senior Vice President, Sales says, “By utilizing our team service over the road from our Chicago gateway, Concord will provide significant transit improvements to Western Canada over NEMF’s previous service partner. NEMF will continue to operate their existing facilities in Toronto and Montreal. As well, both members of the partnership will benefit from the complete integration of our IT components to offer seamless connectivity and optimum service levels to our customers.”

New England Motor Freight is a service oriented, high quality transportation provider with 35 company owned terminals throughout the Northeast and Midwest U.S. NEMF is the region's fastest-growing family-owned LTL carrier. NEMF also has terminals in Florida and Puerto Rico and reaches 80 percent of the U.S. population through service partnerships.

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