SmartWay'
Transport Partnership
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
     Idling Reduction
       Company Profile


     Headquarters Location
      Joplin, Missouri

     Contact:
      Bruce Stockton
      VP, Maintenance
      (417) 659-5085
      bstockton@cfi-us.com

    Number of Employees:
          2,784

    Strategy Category:
      Idling Reduction

    Number of Trailers:
          7,190

    Number of Power Units:
          2,157
     Partner
 Case  Study
Contract Freighters,  Inc.

      Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), is an international company that is
      serious about environmental stewardship. CFI hauls everything from
      "cookies to computers" within the United States, Canada, and Mexico,
notes Bruce Stockton, vice-president of maintenance. CFI trucks travel 300
million miles annually, thus leaving a positive environmental footprint is an
important aspect of their business. "More customers and shippers are asking us
if we are members of Smart Way and about our environmental stance.  Service is
all we have to sell, thus our environmental efforts are critical to our business,"
notes Stockton.  In 2005, CFI turned to SmartWay for help with analyzing and
improving their environmental impact.

CFI's use of idle reduction strategies in its fleet has resulted in great reductions
in CO2 emissions and amount of fuel consumed. CFI idle reduction strategies
include implementation of APU units and the use of double-drivers. In 2007,
CFI predicts that using the double-driver technique will save CFI over 364,000
gallons of fuel and reduce their CO2 output by over 4,000 tons in 2007 as well.
In addition, CFI expects to save 2,707 gallons of fuel, reduce CO2 emissions by
30 tons, and save over $7,000 using APU idle reduction technology.  Stockton
notes that balancing driver comfort and corporate responsibility is important to
CFI. "We listen to our drivers needs and use their feedback and ideas to help us
make decisions concerning future emission and fuel reduction strategies," adds
Stockton.

"SmartWay has  made us feel like we are a part of a solution and not part of the
problem. The SmartWay FLEET calculator helps our company calculate the
payback  of new technologies as well as the fuel  saving we will experience and
the emissions we will be reducing.  SmartWay teaches us new
progressive ideas and strategies,"
comments Stockton.  Idling
reduction strategies have had a sub-
stantial positive impact to CFI's
bottom line. Says Stockton,  "idling
is a serious issue as more local
governments seek to develop idle
regulations. Developing an idle
reduction strategy not only saves
money but is the right thing to do."
                                                                                   reduces
                                                                          IDLING
                                                                                    the
                                                                            SmartWay!
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   www.epa.gov/smartway
                                                                                    EPA420-F-07-004

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