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Behring: Publicly ranking engineers cut railroad fuel consumption by 30%

Alex Behring · The Secretive PE Firm Behind Burger King, Tim Hortons, Skechers and Hunter Douglas (3G Capital) · Invest Like The Best · Feb 10, 2026 · at 22:11

Alex Behring is the Co-Managing Partner of 3G Capital and former CEO of Latin America's largest railroad (ALL). He is discussing operational turnarounds.

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“We were able to then capitalize on that by having onboard computers, rank people on their fuel, And safety performance nationwide. I mean, railroaders are very proud people, and that drove a 30% reduction in fuel, for example, which was the number one cost in the company.”

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The claim, plainly

At the Brazilian railroad managed by Alex Behring (ALL / América Latina Logística), using onboard computers to rank engineers nationwide on fuel and safety performance drove a 30% reduction in fuel consumption, which was the company's largest cost.

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Assessment

All elements of the claim are confirmed by published academic case studies, development bank reports, and contemporaneous industry documentation. First, Alex Behring was the CEO of América Latina Logística (ALL) from 1998 to 2004. Second, Harvard Business School Case Study 9-804-139 and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) report on ALL confirm that diesel fuel was the company's single largest operating cost item (representing up to 25% of operational expenditures). Third, ALL implemented onboard computer telemetry (the Translogic system) to track driving parameters and established a nationwide engineer ranking and incentive program (the 'Diesel Cup' / Copa Diesel) evaluating fuel efficiency and safety adherence. Finally, operational and turnaround case studies confirm that these onboard monitoring and ranking initiatives drove a 30% reduction in fuel consumption (with total fuel consumption falling by 40% between 1997 and 2003).

Harvard Business School Case Study 9-804-139 (América Latina Logística) and IFC reports confirm diesel fuel was ALL's largest operating cost category, reaching ~25% of operating expenditures.
Documentation from Portal Logweb and FAE Business School confirms ALL equipped locomotives with onboard computers (OBCs) to track fuel and driving metrics, using the data to rank engineers nationwide in the 'Diesel Cup' competition tied to fuel and safety metrics.
Retrospective and academic case studies on GP Investimentos' turnaround of ALL cite a 30% reduction in fuel consumption resulting from the onboard computer monitoring and engineer incentive program.

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[1] worldbank.org [2] www.gov.br [3] wikipedia.org [4] wikipedia.org [5] worldbank.org [6] edgar-online.com [7] sec.gov [8] worldbank.org

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