February 7, 2006

Chris Tremel, of the Elizabeth, NJ, area terminal, was named Account Executive of the Year for 2005 and received the Jack Teicher Award at the NEMF (New England Motor Freight) annual dinner. The Teicher Award, named in memory of a legendary NEMF account executive, is presented each year to the top-performing member of the NEMF sales force.

"It's a great feeling to be recognized and to finally win in my third consecutive year of being nominated," Tremel said after receiving the honor.

Tremel currently serves customers in Passaic and Essex counties in New Jersey. He accounted for more than $4.7 million in gross revenue for NEMF last year.

Tremel, who lives in Manahawkin, NJ, joined NEMF in 1998, having worked at APA Transport prior to that. He has two grown sons.

NEMF's 110-door Elizabeth area terminal (located at 1-71 North Avenue East) serves as the company's metropolitan area hub.

Based in Elizabeth, NJ, family-owned NEMF (www.nemf.com) is the largest LTL carrier in the Northeast region. It operates 30 terminals throughout the Northeast, Florida, Puerto Rico and Canada, and reaches 85 percent of the U.S. population through service partnerships. NEMF is a member of the Shevell Group of Companies, which also includes Carrier Industries (third-party logistics and dedicated fleet), Eastern Freight Ways (Northeast truckload carrier), Apex Logistics (brokerage - nationwide truckload) and NEMF World Transport (Puerto Rico).