The EPA spreads it’s love to the most efficient trucking companies.

On October 6th the EPA’s SmartWay program recognized some carriers and shippers for their dedication to cleaning up our environment.  The 2009 SmartWay Excellence Award Winners included the following carriers;

Bison Transport Inc.

C.R. England, Inc.

Celadon Trucking Services Inc.

Challenger Motor Freight Inc.

Covenant Transport, Inc.

Gordon Trucking Inc.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

Knight Transportation, Inc.

LTI Trucking Services, Inc.

MacKinnon Transport INC

Mesilla Valley Transportation

Quad/Graphics, Inc.

Roehl Transport, Inc.

Schneider National, Inc.

Stan Koch & Sons Trucking

States Logistics Services, Inc.

Swift Transportation Co.

UPS

U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc./Xpress Global Systems

You can get some great ideas for making yourself more efficient by checking out the pdf of winners and their strategies.  Obviously, some of us will not be able to increase our use of rail to cut consumption, but a lot of the information is still relevant.  Check it out HERE.