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2012 SMARTWAY EXCEL .ENCE AWARDS
Transport Partnership
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
2012 SmartWay Excellence Awards
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The 2012 SmartWay Excellence Awards program for shippers, logistics
companies and freight carriers is a recognition program of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay Transport
Partnership. SmartWay is a voluntary program that aims to reduce
emissions and foster the development of a clean and efficient freight
supply chain.
Through the SmartWay Excellence Awards program, EPA recognizes
leading shippers, logistics companies and freight carriers that are
optimizing the environmental performance and efficiency of their freight
operations, and serve as role models for other businesses to follow. This
year we are recognizing 40 companies (seven shippers, one logistics
company, three multimodal carriers and 29 truck carriers) with a 2012
SmartWay Excellence Award. This represents the top one percent of all
SmartWay Partners.
The 2012 SmartWay award recipients have the distinction of being the
first partners that EPA is recognizing for demonstrating superior
performance using SmartWay's second generation environmental
assessment system for transportation supply chains. This enhanced
system includes a new suite of performance-based SmartWay tools
and benchmarking software that enable each SmartWay partner to
complete a thorough assessment of its goods movement and freight
activity. Partners also receive a comprehensive and detailed report on
their company's environmental performance and efficiency.
EPA identified the top 2012 SmartWay Excellence Awardees from
among all shipper, logistics and trucking company businesses that
participate in SmartWay, are partners in good standing, and that
provided prior-year performance data to EPA using the enhanced
SmartWay tools.
Nominees in SmartWay's shipper and logistics management categories
were evaluated based on their impact, size and commitment to using
high-performing SmartWay freight carriers. In 2012, eligible shippers
and logistics companies were partners in good standing and used
real world data to complete their SmartWay shipper and logistics
management tools. The selected candidates achieved a superior
level of environmental performance and the highest level of
efficiency within SmartWay by demonstrating that they ship
more goods, more miles, more efficiently using effectively
100% SmartWay carrier partners.
Nominees in SmartWay's freight carrier category were evaluated based on their efficiency and environmental
performance in moving products and merchandise. In 2012, eligible carriers included large and medium-to-small
companies that are partners in good standing within these key business sectors: truckload, less-than-truckload,
refrigerated, package, specialized, tanker, flatbed, mixed, dray and multimodal freight operations. Within these
respective fleet characterizations and based on their size, these carriers achieved a superior level of environmental
performance and the highest level of efficiency within SmartWay by demonstrating that they ship more goods, more
miles using less fuel and emitting fewer greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions.
Air Ground Xpress, Inc.
Best Buy Company
Celadon Trucking Services, Inc
C.H. England. Inc.
Dart Transit Company
Dibble Trui
Doug Andrus Distributing. LLC
Duncan and Son Lines, Inc.
Dupre Logistics, LLC
FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
Foremost Farms USA
Frito-Lay
Heartland Express. Inc. of lowo
Hewlett-Packard
IKEA Distribution Services, North America
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
JBS Carriers, Inc.
Jules Savard, Inc.
Knight Transportation, Inc.
Lake Enterprises Ltd.
Lone Star Transportation. LLC
Lowe's Companies. Inc.
May Trucking Company
Mesilla Valley Transportation
New Century Transportation, Inc.
Orlicks, Inc.
Pacffic 9Transportation, Inc.
Palletized Trucking, Inc.
Poland Spring Bottling
Polaris Transport Carriers. Inc.
Prime, Inc.
Ruan Transportation Management Systems
SC Johnson & Son, Inc.
Schneider National, Inc.
Sears Logistics Services. Inc.
Sharp Freight Systems. Inc.
Southern Refrigerated Transport, Inc.
Swift Transportation
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SMARTWAY SHIPPER & LOGISTICS COMPANY AWARDS
The 2012 SmartWay Excellence Awards for shippers and
logistics management companies honor partners that
are helping build a market for clean and efficient freight
transportation by shipping virtually all of their products
and merchandise with high-performing SmartWay carriers.
SmartWay shipper and logistics awardees also were selected
based on achieving superior environmental and efficiency
benchmarks among all other SmartWay partners. These
performance benchmarks for shippers were derived through
an assessment of the partner's carbon dioxide (C02),
particulate matter (PM), and nitrogen oxide (Nox) emissions
measured in grams per ton mile.
Within the shipper and logistics management categories,
EPA proudly recognizes seven of its shipper and one of
its logistics partners as recipients of a 2012 SmartWay
Excellence Award. These shipper and logistics awards are
congratulated for their achievements in choosing to work
with high-performing SmartWay freight carriers and finding
ways to move more goods, using less fuel and emitting fewer
emissions. They are SmartWay's top performing shipper
partners and include large, medium and small shippers that
move a broad range of products and merchandise.
SmartWay Shipper Company Awardees
Shipper Company Partners—
SmartWay's 2012 large shipper awardees are moving goods
more than 500 million miles annually and include Best Buy
Company, HP and Lowe's Companies Inc.
SmartWay's 2012 mid-size shipper awardees are moving
goods between 25 and 500 million miles and include IKEA
Distribution Services, North America, SC Johnson and Son,
Inc and Sears Logistics Services, Inc. SmartWay's 2012 small
shipper awardee is Foremost Farms USA, which moved goods
less than 25 million miles.
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Logistics Company Partner
Sharp Freight Systems, Inc., SmartWay's 2012 logistics
management awardee, demonstrated superior performance
and effectively moved 100% of all the goods it managed
using only SmartWay carriers.
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SMARTWAY CARRIER COMPANY AWARDS
The 2012 SmartWay Excellence Awards for carriers honor
partners that are moving goods efficiently,with the lowest
levels of C02, PM and NOx emissions reported among all
other SmartWay partners. SmartWay awardees within the
carrier category include companies that operate one or more
of following ten fleet types: truckload, less-than-truckload,
refrigerated, package, specialized, tanker, flatbed, mixed, dray
and multimodal.
SmartWay carrier awardees were selected using environ-
mental and efficiency benchmarks that included C02, PM
and NOx emissions measured in grams per ton mile. These
benchmarks were unique to each of the ten fleets character-
ized by SmartWay.
Fleet size and impact were other factors considered.
SmartWay's 2012 carrier awardees represent large, medium
and small fleets, as defined by the number of miles traveled.
Carriers with miles traveled greater than or equal to one
percent (five percent for multimodal) of the total number of
miles traveled by all SmartWay partners falling within the
same fleet type are large carriers. Carriers with miles trav-
eled that are less than one percent (five percent for multi-
modal) of the total miles traveled by all SmartWay partners
falling in the same fleet type are medium and small carriers.
Within the carrier category, EPA proudly recognizes three
multimodal carriers and 29 truck carriers as recipients of the
2012 SmartWay Excellence Award. These high-performing
carriers are being recognized for their achievement in finding
ways to move more goods, using less fuel and emitting fewer
emissions. They are SmartWay's top performing carrier part-
ners and include large, medium and small carriers that serve
as role models for other businesses to follow.
Truck Load/Dry Von Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Truckload carriers generally dedicate their trailers to a
single shipper's cargo and typically fill an entire trailer with
large amounts of homogeneous cargo. Large SmartWay
truckload carrier awardees include Celadon Trucking
Services, Inc., Heartland Express Inc. of Iowa, Knight
Transportation, Inc., and Swift Transportation. Medium/
small truckload
carrier awardees include Dart Transit Company, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, and Orlicks Inc.
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Less Than Truck Load/Dry Van Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Less than truckload (LTL) carriers collect cargo from different
shippers and consolidate that cargo for multiple destinations
on one vehicle. Large SmartWay LTL carrier awardees include
New Century Transportation, Inc. and Walgreen Oshkosh Inc.;
there is one medium/small SmartWay LTL carrier awardee,
Polaris Transport Carriers Inc.
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Mixed Carrier Fleet Aw or dees.
Mixed SmartWay carriers are operating different fleet
types, none of which represent 75% or more of the freight
operations SmartWay uses to characterize fleets. Large
SmartWay mixed fleet carrier awardees include May
Trucking Company and Ruan Transportation Management
Systems. Medium/small fleet mixed carrier awardees
include Dibble Trucking, Inc. and Lake Enterprises Ltd.
Package Carrier Fleet Awardees.
Package carriers deliver/pickup single or small groups of
packages or "parcels" to businesses and residences. Large
SmartWay package carrier awardees include FedEx Ground
Package System, Inc. and Frito-Lay ; there is one medium/
small SmartWay package carrier awardee, Air Ground
Xpress, Inc.
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Refrigerated Carrier Fleet Awardees.
Refrigerated carriers move trailers equipped with tempera-
ture controlled reefer units to keep freight at a constant
temperature. Large SmartWay refrigerated truck car-
rier awardees include C.R. England, Inc., JBS Carriers, Inc.
and Southern Refrigerated Transport, Inc. Medium/small
refrigerated truck carrier awardees include Doug Andrus
Distributing LLC, and Prime Inc.
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Specialized Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Specialized carriers move a range of goods and merchandise
and include auto carriers, bulk carriers, household moving,
hopper, livestock, heavy haul, garbage, and utility, among
others. Lone Star Transportation, LLC. is a large SmartWay
specialized carrier awardee,and Palletized Trucking Inc. is a
medium/small SmartWay specialized carrier awardee.
TRANSPORTATION, LLC
Dray Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Dray carriers operate at ports and railhead connections
where freight is picked up and moved to another transfer
facility or transport mode terminal. Duncan and Son Lines,
Inc. is a large SmartWay dray carrier awardee, and Pacific 9
Transportation, Inc. is a medium/small SmartWay dray
carrier awardee.
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Tanker Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Tank truck carriers haul liquid (petroleum, chemicals, gases,
hazardous waste, etc.) or dry (dry food products, cement,
plastic pellets) bulk commodities. Dupre' Logistics, LLC is a
large SmartWay tanker awardee, and Poland Spring Bottling
is a medium/small SmartWay tanker carrier awardee.
Dupre Logistics, LLC
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Flatbed Carrier Fleet Aw or dees.
Flatbed carriers use heavy duty trucks to move flatbed
trailers that can carry a range of goods. Prime Inc. is a
large SmartWay flatbed carrier awardee, and Jules Savard
Inc. is a medium/small SmartWay flatbed carrier awardee.
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Multimodal Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Multimodal carriers move freight using a mix of truck,
railcars and other transportation modes. Large SmartWay
multimodal carrier awardees include J.B. Hunt Transport,
Inc. and Schneider National, Inc.; there is one medium/small
SmartWay multimodal carrier awardee, White Arrow, LLC.
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