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Summary
Industry studies regarding tank-truck usage patterns across the U.S. show that the unintended mixing of octane types at a fueling site happens once in every 14,000 deliveries nationally. While Solar Transport continues to seek ways to further reduce errors, it has seen a 52% decrease in cross-drops and a drop in turnover from 56% to 23% since implementing customized automated workflows. Those are the core goals of FedEx Freight’s less-than-truckload (LTL) Space and Pace pilot, which continues to deliver encouraging results since rolling out to select customers last November. Published by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA), NMFC is used voluntarily by shippers and carriers to help negotiate shipping costs by comparing commodities transported through interstate, intrastate and foreign commerce. Budd found a partner in Kentucky Trailer willing to roll the dice in what at the time was a wild idea: essentially an articulated intermodal container-like system the company called Load It Once.