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Partners
Contract
Freighters, Inc. (CFI)
Joplin, MO
Annual Revenue:
Number of employees:
3,000
 Winner,
2006 SmartWay Excellence Award
Winner,
2007 SmartWay Excellence Award
CFI, founded in 1951,
operates over 2,400 tractors and over 7,000 trailers and transports a
variety of goods throughout the contiguous United States and
Canada. CFI interlines with Mexican carriers at various border
crossings to provide through-trailer service to Mexico. In
addition to its Joplin headquarters, CFI operates four terminals and
numerous drop lots along the border and throughout the United States.
CFI and its subsidiaries, CFI Mex, CFI de Mexico, and CFI
Logística, have 37 sales offices throughout North America.
CFI's drivers are both company employees and independent contractors.
CFI intends to research and test viable systems that will reduce or
eliminate unnecessary idling while allowing its drivers to obtain their
required rest in a comfortable environment. Today's drivers live
in their trucks, and they will want to use technologies that will allow
them to not only rest comfortably in the cab, but also reduce
emissions.
CFI's goal is to find ways to reduce emissions, to reduce fuel
consumption, and to operate more efficiently.
"CFI became a SmartWay
Transport Partner to become part of a long-term solution toward
reducing emissions and fuel consumption. We believe this will be
possible through the use of wide based tires, enhanced idling policies,
exploration of idling solutions and a continual upgrade of CFI’s
tractor fleet to the most recent available engines."
- Bruce Stockton, Vice
President of Maintenance, CFI
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