SmartWay
Transport Partnership
U.5, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
IDLING REDUCTION
PARTNER CASE STUDY
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TRANSPORTATION. INC.
Company Profile
Headquarters Location: Huntingburg, Indiana
Point of Contact: Mark Hagedorn, Fleet and Maintenance Manager
Ph: 800-295-4848, email: mhagedorn@styline.com
Number of Employees: 157 Strategy Category: Idling Reduction
Number of Trailers: 300 Number of Power Units: 122
Styline Transportation is a nationwide LTL carrier serving all 48 States and Cananda.
Project Description
Styline Transportation, Inc. is dedicated to improving its fleet's fuel efficiency and reducing air emissions. They
recognize that one key mechanism through which these goals can be reached is idling reduction. The company
currently has 14 trucks with auxiliary power units, 23 trucks using truck stop electrification, and 118 trucks
bypassing weigh stations. Combined, these strategies are saving Styline 86,442 gallons of diesel fuel per
year. At the current price of diesel, this amounts to cost savings of approximately $191,000!
Over the next three years, Styline plans to decrease their idling even further. The company plans to increase
the use of auxiliary power units by installing 75 additional units on their trucks. In addition, Styline will
continue bypassing weigh stations and plans to install engine shutdown devices on all of their company
trucks. The implementation of these strategies will save Styline an additional 527,032 gallons of diesel fuel,
which amounts to cost savings of approximately $1.12 million!
In addition to implementing the strategies described above, Styline Industries, in conjunction with Indiana
Department Environmental Management (IDEM), is instituting a no-idling policy for all loading operations. Due
to their environmental excellence, Styline has qualified to use the SmartWay Transport Partner logo, which they
plan to place on their no-iding signs around their loading areas to educate drivers and employees about their
participation in the Partnership.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • Office of Transportation & Air Quality • EPA420-F-06-012 • SmartWay Transport Partnership
Mail Code 6406J • Ariel Rios Bldg. •1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW • Washington, DC 20460 -or-
NVFEL • 2000 Traverwood Dr. • Ann Arbor Ml 48105 • (734) 214-4052 • www.epa.gov/smartway
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