Overnite Tightens Transit Times Between Southern California and U.S. Southeast

Overnite Tightens Transit Times Between Southern California and
U.S. Southeast 


RICHMOND, Va., March 8  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Overnite Transportation
Company, one of the nation's leading less-than-truckload carriers, announced
today it has reduced transit times to three days between Southern California
and the Southeast.

"These new, cross-country transit improvements will bring Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee under Overnite's three-day umbrella
covering locations from Fresno to San Diego in California," said Steve
Kershner, Vice President-Operations Support.

"The improvements are a continuation of Overnite's ongoing efforts to reinforce
a service product that saw more than 2,800 transit-time reductions in 2004,"
Kershner continued, noting the three-day transcontinental service to the
affected states "reinforces Overnite's claim as one of the nation's leading
transportation service providers."

Overnite blankets Southern California through a network of seven centers
located in Fresno, Bakersfield, Simi Valley, Los Angeles, Fontana, Orange
County and San Diego. The five southeastern states affected by the reduced
cross-country transit times are home to 35 Overnite service centers.

Overnite Transportation Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Overnite
Corporation (NASDAQ:OVNT), which also owns Motor Cargo Industries, Inc.
Together, they form one of the largest less-than-truckload carriers in the
United States with more than 200 service centers and a fleet of over 6,000
tractors and over 21,000 trailers, providing full-state coverage to all 50
states and providing customers with direct access to more than 45,000 cities in
the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and
Mexico. More information is available on our Web site,
http://www.overnite.com/.

Forward-looking statements made by the Company are based on a number of
assumptions, estimates and projections. These statements are not guarantees of
future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, including those set
forth in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and any significant deviations from these assumptions could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.
The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update such statements to
reflect current events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events. 

DATASOURCE: Overnite Transportation Company



CONTACT:  Ira Rosenfeld, Director, Corporate Communications, of Overnite

Transportation Company, [phone], 



Web site:  http://www.overnite.com/

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