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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. 

2012 Excellence Award

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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 (CO2), 

particulate matter (PM), and nitrogen oxide (Nox) emissions 

measured in grams per ton mile. 

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.

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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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 Logistics Company Awardee

Logistics Company Partner

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SmartWay Shipper Company Awardees

Shipper Company Partners
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The 2012 SmartWay Excellence Awards for carriers honor 

partners that are moving goods efficiently, with the lowest 

levels of CO2, 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 environmental and efficiency benchmarks that included CO2, 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 2012 carrier awardees represent large, medium 

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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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 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 partners and include large, medium and small carriers that serve 

as role models for other businesses to follow.

Truck Load/Dry Van Carrier Fleet Awardees

Less Than Truck Load/Dry Van Carrier Fleet Awardees

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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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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 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 carriers move trailers equipped with temperature controlled reefer units to keep freight at a constant 

temperature. Large SmartWay refrigerated truck carrier 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.

CARRIERS

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Package Carrier Fleet Awardees

Refrigerated Carrier Fleet Awardees

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Mixed Carrier Fleet Awardees
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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. 

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. 

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. 

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Specialized Carrier Fleet Awardees

Dray Carrier Fleet Awardees

Tanker Carrier Fleet Awardees

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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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Multimodal Carrier Fleet Awardees

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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. 

Flatbed Carrier Fleet Awardees