^SmartWay
Transport Partnership
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Fuel Economy
Company Profile
Headquarters Location
Winthrop, Minnesota
Contact:
Steve Gleisner
General Manager
SmartWay Transport
Partnership Representative
(507) 647-5417
steveq@bartelstruckline.com
Number of Employees:
40
Strategy Category:
Miscellaneous
Number of Trailers:
55
Number of Power Units:
30
Profile
BARTELS Truckline, Inc.
Shipping within a 550 mile radius of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the majority
of product that Bartels' Truckline Incorporated carries is food related.
Bartels' employs a variety of emission reduction strategies.
Approximately half of the tractors and a quarter of the trailers have single-wide
tires. Bartels' Truckline is estimated to save 16,055 gallons of fuel in 2007,
saving approximately $47,000 by using single-wide tires. All of their over-the-
road trucks utilize APUs. Gleisner cites the APUs as the most cost effective
strategy due to the amount of money saved in fuel. In 2007, it is estimated that
Bartel's will save 20,530 gallons of fuel from utilizing APUs, saving
approximately $60,000 in the cost of fuel. The company also has a no idling
policy and weekly measures their fuel economy. Bartels' also uses an incentive
program for the drivers to keep idling to a minimum. If a driver has under 20%
idling for the quarter, the driver receives a gift. In addition, the top three idling
reducing drivers receive various gift packages. The company's fuel efficiency
has increased from 5.6 mpg to 6.37 mpg and the fleet-wide idling average is
22.5% of total engine use.
"Environmental concerns are coming to the forefront of the industry," states
Steve Gleisner, General Manager for Bartels', "The SmartWay program is a big
part of the environmental switch in the industry. Economics is also a big part."
Commenting on the reason why Bartels'joined SmartWay, Gleisner states that
"it makes economic sense. We are interested in the many strategies to improve
fuel economy, which also impacts the environment." Gleisner cites SmartWay's
strong point as the fuel efficiency and emission reduction information the
program provides.
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http://www.epa.gov/smartway
EPA420-F-07-OOI
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