NEMF PROMOTES NALLEN

January 17, 2006

Brian Nallen of Dumont (NJ) has been named director of operations at NEMF (New England Motor Freight). Stationed at the company's corporate headquarters in Elizabeth (NJ), he is responsible for day-to day operations of NEMF's 30 terminals. He had been director of line haul.

Nallen has been with NEMF since 2002. Prior to that, he was director of line haul for A-P-A Transport Corp. He held many other positions in a 21-year career there, including line haul dispatcher, dock supervisor, city dispatcher and break bulk manager.

He was featured in the section on dock operations of a 1993 book by David Rounds, Perfecting a Piece of the World, about A-P-A owner Arthur Imperatore.

Nallen attended Bergen Community College.

He was a volunteer fireman in Fairview (NJ) for 13 years, attaining the rank of Captain. He also coaches junior football in Dumont.

Nallen and his wife, Michele, have two sons, Zachary and Lucas.

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).