June 12, 2006

NEMF (New England Motor Freight) announced the appointment of Vincent Altieri as terminal manager of the company's Elkton, MD, area terminal. He will oversee the opening of the new terminal, now under construction 3 Center Road in Northeast, MD, and the transition of operations there from the smaller Essex terminal. When it becomes operational, he will have overall responsibilities for day-to-day operations at the 150-door Elkton facility.

Altieri has been with NEMF since 2002. He was manager of the Boston area terminal before assuming his current responsibilities. Prior to joining NEMF, Altieri was a vice president of operations in Plaistow, NH, for four years with Atlas Motor Express. Before that, he spent seven years at Plymouth Rock Transportation as a terminal manager in Jersey City, NJ, Brooklyn and Boston.

Altieri graduated from St. Peter's College in Jersey City with a B.S. in management. During his tenure in Boston, the terminal was a nominee for the 2004 Terminal of the Year Award and won the 2005 Locomotive Quality Award.

A native of Jersey City, Altieri resides in Elkton.

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).