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Transport Partnership
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
2OI4 Excellence Award
Award ee Highlights
The 2014 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, while
serving as role models for other businesses to follow. This year we are
recognizing 55 companies (seven shippers, four logistics companies, and 44
truck carriers) with a 2014 SmartWay Excellence Award. This represents about
the top one percent of all SmartWay Partners.
The 2014 SmartWay awards recognition is based on partners demonstrating
superior performance using SmartWay's second generation environmental
assessment system for transportation supply chains. This enhanced system
includes a full 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 2014 SmartWay Excellence Awardees from among all
shippers, logistics and carrier businesses that participate in SmartWay are
partners in good standing, and that provided prior-year performance data to
EPA using 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 2014, 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 per
mile, more efficiently using higher performing 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 2014, eligible carriers included large and medium-to-small companies that
are partners in good standing within key business sectors, including: truckload,
less-than-truckload, refrigerated, package, specialized, expedited, tanker, flatbed,
mixed, dray, heavy haul, auto-carrier, moving 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 carry more goods per ton-mile, using less fuel and emitting fewer
greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions.
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2OI4 Excellence Award
Awardee Highlights
SMARTWAY CARRIER COMPANY AWARDS
The 2014 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 fourteen fleet types: truckload, less-than-
truckload, refrigerated, package, specialized, expedited,
tanker, flatbed, mixed, dray, heavy haul, auto-carrier, moving
and multimodal. SmartWay carrier awardees were selected
using environmental 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 characterized by SmartWay.
Fleet size and impact were other factors considered.
SmartWay's 2014 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 traveled
that are less than one percent (five percent for multimodal)
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 42 truck carriers as recipients of the
2014 SmartWay Excellence Award. These high-performing
carriers are being recognized for their achievement in finding
ways to move more goods, more ton-miles, using less fuel
and emitting fewer emissions. They are SmartWay's top
performing carrier partners and include large, medium and
small carriers that serve as role models for other businesses
to follow.
Carrier Awardees
EPA selected these 41 SmartWay carrier and four multimodal
awardees because they are the top environmental performers
in their individual categories. EPA identified large and
medium/small carriers with the best freight efficiency
ratings in 13 fleet categories based on the selection criteria
available here: SmartWay 2014 Awards Criteria (PDF) (2 pp,
656K, EPA-420-F-I4-OI2, March 2014).
Truck Load/Dry Von Carrier Fleet Au/ordees.
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: Gordon
Trucking, Inc., Knight Transportation, Inc., RAM Transport,
Inc., Roehl Transport, Inc., and Werner Enterprises.
Medium/Small truckload carrier awardees include: Cowan
Systems, LLC, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Titanium
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Less Than Truck Load/Dry Von Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Less than truckload (LTD carriers collect cargo from different
shippers and consolidate that cargo for multiple destinations
on one vehicle.
Large SmartWay LTL carrier awardees include: Frito-Lay.
Medium/Small SmartWay LTL carrier awardees include:
Edwards Distribution Services, Inc. and Kaiser Permanente.
Mixed Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
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 carrier awardees include: CRST Van
Expedited, May Trucking Company, Ruan Transportation
Management Systems, Inc. and TransX (Canada).
Medium/Small SmartWay mixed carrier awardees include:
D. P. Curtis Trucking, Inc., Doug Andrus Distributing, H-E-B,
and Lone Star Transportation, LLC.
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Package Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Package carriers deliver and pickup single or small groups of
packages or "parcels" to businesses and residences.
There is one large SmartWay package carrier awardee, FedEx
Express.
Medium/Small SmartWay package carrier awardees include,
DHL Express USA and Nonstop Couriers, Inc.
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Refrigerated Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Refrigerated carriers move trailers equipped with temperature
controlled refrigeration units to keep freight at a constant
temperature.
Large SmartWay refrigerated truck carrier awardee is: K&B
Transportation, Inc.
Small refrigerated truck carrier awardees include: Logistics
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Specialized Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Specialized carriers move a range of goods and merchandise
and include hopper, livestock, heavy haul, garbage, and utility,
among others
The large SmartWay specialized carrier awardee is Modern
Transportation Services, LLC, and Arlo G. Lott Trucking
Inc. is a small SmartWay specialized carrier awardee.
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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.
The large SmartWay dray carrier awardee is Container
Connection and the small SmartWay dray carrier awardee is
RPM Harbor Services, Inc.
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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.
The large SmartWay tanker awardees are LTI, Inc., and
Prime, Inc. and Vedder Transport Ltd. (Canada) is a small
SmartWay tanker carrier awardee.
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Flatbed Carrier Fleet Awardee.
Flatbed carriers use heavy duty trucks to move flatbed
trailers that can carry a range of goods.
The large SmartWay flatbed carrier awardee is McElroy
Truck Lines, Inc. and the small flatbed carrier awardee is
Arlo G. Lott Trucking Inc.
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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: Hub
Group and J. B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
Medium/Small SmartWay multimodal carrier awardees
include: ABF Freight System, Inc. and C. R. England, Inc.
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Auto Carrier Fleet Au/ardees.
Auto carriers haul automobiles and other light duty vehicles
to dealerships from manufacturers on specialized auto carrier
trailers.
The small SmartWay auto carrier awardee is Thorsons
Marketing Associates Canada Inc. (Canada).
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Expedited Carrier Fleet Awardee.
Expedited carriers deliver high value and time-sensitive
single loads to businesses and are typically on stand-by.
The large SmartWay expedited carrier awardee is MN
Express Inc. and the small SmartWay expedited carrier
awardee is Bella Transport Inc.
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Moving Carrier Fleet Awardee.
Moving carriers provide home and office moving activities
and drive routes unique to each move.
The large SmartWay moving carrier awardee is Stevens
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Heavy/BulkCarrier Fleet Awardee.
Heavy/Bulk carriers move a range of dense, heavy and large
materials and commodities at or above legal maximum
weight limites, often requiring permits.
The large SmartWay heavy/bulk carrier awardees are
Contrans Group Inc. (Canada) and Sunbury Transport Ltd.
(Canada).
The small SmartWay heavy/bulk carrier awardee is TD
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Recognition Ceremony.
The annual SmartWay Excellence Award honors top truck and multi-modal carrier partners that are setting
efficiency benchmarks in how they move products and supplies. Carrier partners will be recognized as
SmartWay Excellence Award recipients:
Tuesday, October 7,2014 @ 8 A.M. PDT
American Trucking Associations (ATA) Annual Management Conference and Exhibition
San Diego Convention Center
Exhibit Hall B
III W Harbor Dr.
San Diego, CA 92101
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