Through its relationships with both small and large third-party carriers across the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, Con-way Multimodal offers shippers access to a broad range of transportation and logistics

Logistics

Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...

 services with a nationwide network of over 15,000 3rd party carriers. These include carrier services for over-the-road, intermodal

Intermodal freight transport

Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation , without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damages and...

, flatbed

Flatbed truck

A flatbed truck is a type of truck which can be either articulated or rigid. As the name suggests, it has an entirely flat, level 'bed' body with no sides or roof...

, and heavy haul

Heavy hauler

A heavy hauler is a very large transporter for moving oversize loads which are toolarge to go on a highway without an escort and special permit.-Types of vehicles:...

 shipments as well as specialized transportation for truckload freight shipments. The company's reach extends throughout the United States and into Canada and Mexico.

As a non-asset-based transportation provider the company does not own its own trucks or other transportation equipment, and acts independent of its sister companies; Con-way Freight

Con-way Freight

Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Con-way Freight is a less-than-truckload motor carrier utilizing a network of freight service centers to provide regional, inter-regional and transcontinental less-than-truckload freight services throughout North America. The business unit provides...

, Con-way Truckload

Con-way Truckload

Headquartered in Joplin, Mo., Con-way Truckload is a division of Con-way, Inc. offering dry van transportation services using a fleet of long-haul tractors and trailers...

 and Menlo Worldwide Logistics. Con-way Multimodal’s role is to assess the transportation needs of a customer, then shop its carrier network to procure the service and price combination that meets the customer's needs.

Currently, Con-way Multimodal has approximately 100 employees with hundreds of customers across diverse industries and geographies.

On June 8, 2010, Con-way Multimodal launched Con-way TweetLoad™, an innovative, patent-pending tool that leverages Twitter

Twitter

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...

 to match carriers, both owner-operators and fleets, with the company’s freight needs. Carriers following @ConwayTweetLoad Con-way Tweetload on Twitter can quickly see the latest available shipments, along with links to further information on the Con-way Multimodal LINK board, where the carriers can place bids on available loads daily. Con-way Multimodal is the first to connect a Twitter feed with an existing load board to provide carriers with real-time available loads via a computer

Computer

A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...

 or mobile device.

Con-way Multimodal is a member of the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) and is committed to upholding its principles.