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Press Releases
April 22, 2022
Breakthrough Unveils CleanMile, the First End-To-End Transportation Emissions Management Solution
The leader in transportation management innovation introduces a way for companies to track network emissions and execute targeted low carbon solutions to reduce their transportation carbon footprint.
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Company Timeline
2004
April
Breakthrough is founded.
2005
September
Breakthrough launches Fuel Recovery, replacing traditional fuel surcharge programs based on the DOE Index with a market-based method for shippers to actively manage fuel.
2009
February
Breakthrough develops a Fuel Rate Lookup Technology, to give access to fuel rates on demand.
March
Breakthrough extends its cross-border capabilities by expanding Fuel Recovery to include Canadian freight movements.
October
Breakthrough develops a carbon emissions capability, helping clients understand the emissions associated with moving their goods to market.
November
Breakthrough launches the Mercury Group, a collaborative working group focused on creating competitive advantage through innovation and best practices in transportation and fuel management.
2010
January
Breakthrough designs a Natural Gas (NG) Program that identifies and advises on custom network opportunities to use NG as a diesel alternative.
March
Breakthrough adds Intermodal Fuel Recovery, a first-in-the-industry capability to understand fuel consumption and fuel costs on railroad movements
April
Breakthrough introduces temperature-controlled freight as an additional product offering to their flagship Fuel Recovery program. The new process identifies the unique costs associated with refrigerated fuel separate from generalized transportation diesel fuel.
2012
March
Breakthrough teams up with Andersen Corporation and US Gain to unveil the first collaborative effort to operationalize a functional natural gas strategy that includes an industry-leading shipper, energy, and transportation provider in North America.
November
Breakthrough adds natural gas energy management capability to the Fuel Recovery solution, enabling shippers to accurately calculate natural gas fuel costs associated with moving freight.
2015
January
Breakthrough expands the Fuel Recovery solution globally, calculating fuel costs for shippers in more than 30 countries.
March
Breakthrough launches Marine Fuel Recovery, providing shippers an accurate mechanism to calculate ocean freight fuel costs and a transparent picture of the consumption and emissions associated with ocean movements.
August
Breakthrough launches Transformational Fuel (T-Fuel), a solution for shippers to manage transportation energy price risk.
2018
April
Breakthrough acquires a supply chain consulting group and launches Breakthrough Network Intelligence, a service that brings a new level of transparency to shippers’ freight movements to create effective transportation networks.
2020
January
Breakthrough launches FELIX, a strategic transportation platform for shippers that uses an unbiased industry view and pure dataset to design and maintain better contract freight partnerships.
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