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EPA Honors Freight Carriers for Superior Supply Chain Efficiency

Release Date: 10/07/2014
Contact Information: Jennifer Colaizzi, [email protected], 202-564-7776

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring 44 top truck and multi-modal carriers as industry leaders in supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency with its 2014 SmartWay^® Excellence Awards announced today by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at the American Trucking Associations’ Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, Calif.

These carrier partners are SmartWay’s top environmental performers, setting benchmarks in how they move products and supplies, by transporting the continent’s goods efficiently with the lowest overall carbon dioxide and criteria emissions.

"As SmartWay celebrates its tenth anniversary, EPA recognizes its top carrier partners for the significant strides they have made toward a sustainable transportation future,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. “By saving fuel and keeping carbon dioxide and harmful pollutants out of the air, recipients of the SmartWay Excellence Award demonstrate that fighting climate change and protecting human health is good for business.”

This year, SmartWay Program, a public-private partnership between EPA and transportation-related companies, celebrates 10 years as a market-driven initiative that empowers businesses to move goods in the cleanest, most energy-efficient way possible, while protecting public health and reducing the impacts of climate change. Demonstration of a commitment to corporate sustainability and social responsibility through SmartWay provides for a more competitive and environmentally-friendly business environment. Since 2004, SmartWay partners have saved $16.8 billion in fuel costs and 120.7 million barrels of oil— the equivalent of taking over 10 million cars off the road for an entire year. SmartWay’s clean air achievements have protected the well-being of citizens by avoiding emissions of 51.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, 738,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 37,000 tons of particulate matter.

Building on the important work of the SmartWay Program, EPA and the Department of Transportation (DOT) worked with the trucking industry to create the first-ever greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards for heavy duty vehicles—model year 2014 to 2018. Over the lifetime of these vehicles, they’ll save 530 million barrels of oil and over 270 million metric tons of carbon emissions—not to mention $50 billion dollars in fuel savings. As part of the President’s Climate Action Plan, EPA and DOT plan to extend the heavy duty national program beyond model year 2018, to further reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

In addition, last week, EPA recognized SmartWay shippers and logistics companies for moving freight while burning less fuel– by increasing the fuel efficiency of fleet vehicles, reducing idling, and maximizing the productivity of every haul, long or short.

The full list of 2014 SmartWay Excellence awardees, including shippers, logistics, top-truck and multi-modal carrier awards, can be may be found at: https://www.epa.gov/smartway/about/sw-awards.htm

For additional information on SmartWay, visit: https://www.epa.gov/smartway/
The top truck and multi-modal carriers award recipients include:

2014 SmartWay Carrier Partner Awardees	Fleet Category	HQ State
ABF Freight System, Inc.	Multimodal	Arkansas
Arlo G. Lott Trucking Inc.	Flatbed	Idaho
Arlo G. Lott Trucking Inc.	Specialized	Idaho
Bella Transport Inc.	Expedited	Michigan
C.R. England, Inc.	Multimodal	Utah
Container Connection	Dray	California
Contrans Group Inc.	Heavy/Bulk	Ontario
Cowan Systems, LLC	TL/Dry Van	Maryland
CRST Van Expedited	Mixed	Iowa
D. P. Curtis Trucking, Inc.	Mixed	Utah
DHL Express USA	Package	Florida
Doug Andrus Distributing	Mixed	Idaho
Edwards Distribution Services, Inc.	LTL/Dry Van	Pennsylvania
FedEx Express	Package	Tennessee
Frito-Lay	LTL/Dry Van	Texas
Gordon Trucking, Inc.	TL/Dry Van	Washington
H-E-B	Mixed	Texas
Hub Group	Multimodal	Illinois
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.	Multimodal	Arkansas
K&B Transportation, Inc.	Refrigerated	Nebraska
Kaiser Permanente	LTL/Dry Van	California
Knight Transportation, Inc.	TL/Dry Van	Arizona
Logistics Trans West Inc.	Refrigerated	Quebec
Lone Star Transportation, LLC	Mixed	Texas
LTI, Inc.	Tanker	Washington
May Trucking Company	Mixed	Oregon
McElroy Truck Lines, Inc.	Flatbed	Alabama
Mesilla Valley Transportation	TL/Dry Van	New Mexico
MN Express Inc.	Expedited	Michigan
Modern Transportation Services, LLC	Specialized	Pennsylvania
Nonstop Couriers, Inc.	Package	Pennsylvania
PAM Transport, Inc.	TL/Dry Van	Arkansas
Prime, Inc.	Tanker	Missouri
Roehl Transport, Inc.	TL/Dry Van	Wisconsin
RPM Harbor Services, Inc.	Dray	California
Ruan Transportation Management Systems, Inc.	Mixed	Iowa
Stevens Worldwide Van Lines, Inc.	Moving	Michigan
Sunbury Transport Ltd.	Heavy/Bulk	New Brunswick
TD Walker Inc.	Heavy/Bulk	Indiana
Thorsons Marketing Associates Canada Inc.	Auto Carrier	Ontario
Titanium Trucking Services Inc.	TL/Dry Van	Ontario
Transport TFI 15 S.E.C., Gregoire	TL/Dry Van	Quebec
TransX	Mixed	Manitoba
Vedder Transport Ltd.	Tanker	British Columbia
Werner Enterprises	Refrigerated	Nebraska
Werner Enterprises	TL/Dry Van	Nebraska