The U.S. Postal Service has selected Consolidated Freightways to manage all USPS non-mail LTL freight delivery in the continental United States.

The decision condenses the USPS LTL freight network from 20 national, regional, and local carriers to just one transportation provider.
"Transportation cost is certainly a factor, but we are looking at this move well beyond a typical shipper-carrier relationship," says Frank Scheer, Material Distribution Systems Specialist at USPS. "The Postal Service sees this partnership as a collaborative effort that will take cost out of our entire supply chain, a process that is going to take time and investment."
The contract comes with options that allow the USPS to extend the partnership through February 2012, with a value of at least $9 million per year.
CF will be hauling everything from the familiar blue mailboxes on the local street corner, to office furniture and small equipment, and postal supplies. Freight will move from more than a dozen vendors, between individual postal facilities, as well as from USPS distribution centers in Kansas, Indiana, and California.
CF's high performance standards, demonstrated electronic data interchange capabilities, and the company's geographic coverage were three key factors in the USPS decision to sign on with Consolidated Freightways.
CF and USPS will begin immediately investing in merging electronic information exchanges between the two organizations.
The USPS will tap into a dedicated customer service center that Consolidated Freightways has set up to support the service. CF's exclusive USPS team, based at the company's headquarters in Vancouver, Wash., includes experts on spot pricing, custom and white-glove services, and an array of CF's expedited services.