Fedex just delivered a battery to me and dispite all the arrow stickers telling which way was up ,four stickers and four printed on the box, they managed to lay it on its side a a good bit of the acid leaked out. Problem is that the battery was bagged up and you could'n't tell it leaked until I went to take it out of the box. Acid everywhere. Filed a claim and we will see what happens.
Like I said above, probably laid a trailer on it's side and then put your battery on the next trailer as they found it...LOL