Consolidated Freightways
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Consolidated Freightways (CF) was an American multinational less-than-truckload (LTL) freight service and logistics company founded on April 1, 1929, in Portland, Oregon, and later relocated to Vancouver, Washington. Affectionately known as "CornFlakes", Consolidated Freightways was also the founder of the Freightliner line of heavy trucks, now owned by Daimler Trucks. At its height, the company possessed over 350 terminals, employing more than 15,000 truck drivers, dock workers, dispatchers and management. Consolidated Freightways was once the nation's number one long-haul trucking company and the 3rd largest-ever US bankruptcy filing, ceasing business in 2002.
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Formerly | Consolidated Truck Lines |
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Company type | Public |
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Founded | April 1, 1929; 95 years ago (1929-04-01) in Portland, Oregon |
Founder | Leland James |
Defunct | September 2002 (2002-09) |
Fate | Chapter 11 bankruptcy |
Successor | Con-way |
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