August 2, 2007

The Shevell Group of transportation companies, headquartered in Elizabeth, NJ, has announced several organizational changes:

Thomas Connery of Colts Neck, NJ, has been promoted to executive vice president, chief operating officer of less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier NEMF (New England Motor Freight). He had joined the company as EVP last year.

Connery is a veteran of 22 years in the trucking industry and had been with Con-way Freight in Boston, where he was region manager for New England prior to joining NEMF.

John Luciani of Cumberland, RI, has been promoted to director of operations for NEMF, based at the Providence, RI, terminal, with responsibility for all operations, including line haul. He had been New England region sales manager.

Luciani joined NEMF as the Providence terminal manager in 2004. Before that he had worked for Carolina Freight, St. Johnsbury Trucking and New Penn Motor Express in a variety of managerial positions, and had also been part owner of an entrepreneurial trucking venture.

Ed Generous of Cheshire, CT, has been promoted to senior vice president of sales and marketing for The Shevell Group, responsible for sales at all companies in the group.

Generous, who has more than 30 years of industry experience, joined NEMF in 2002 as vice president of national accounts. Prior to that, he had been vice president of northeast group sales and marketing responsible for national accounts and field sales for Yellow Transportation.

Craig Eisenberg of Marlboro, NJ, has been promoted to senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of The Shevell Group. He will have additional corporate responsibility for Shevell Group companies Apex Logistics, Carrier Industries and Eastern Freight Ways.

Eisenberg joined the company in 1998 with extensive financial management experience in the transportation industry. For the preceding 10 years, he was CFO and director of a group of 12 related companies doing $200 million worth of business in transportation, real estate, construction products and steel service.

Ernest Hardy of Middletown, NJ, vice president of risk management, will add responsibilities for training and human resources at The Shevell Group. Hardy joined The Shevell Group 23 years ago as director of safety and was promoted to vice president in 1990.

The privately-held Shevell Group of Companies provides a broad array of transportation-related services. Companies in The Shevell Group include NEMF (New England Motor Freight, less-than truckload carrier), Carrier Industries (third-party logistics, dedicated fleet, warehousing), Eastern Freight Ways (asset based truckload carrier), Apex Logistics (brokerage, nationwide truckload) and NEMF World Transport (non-vessel operating common carrier).