SmartWay Transportation Partner 2015

Hot Line Freight Awarded SmartWay Excellence Award 2015

ltl freightEPA’s 2015 SmartWay Excellence Award recognizes exceptional achievement among EPA SmartWay partners. The 2015 award assessments will be based on environmental performance as demonstrated by partner data submissions with the SmartWay freight assessment and carbon tracking tools. Additional leadership criteria will be considered in some partner categories as described below. EPA recognizes eligible partners in the following categories:

Shipper Awards

EPA identifies a pool of top-performing shipper candidates in good standing for consideration based on environmental performance, use of SmartWay carriers to move their freight, and freight mileage with “large” and “medium/small” mileage categories. These shipper semi-finalists are invited to provide EPA with supplemental, qualitative documentation that demonstrates leadership actions that support SmartWay’s environmental goals. Final shipper awardees will be selected from the pool of semi-finalists based on their supplemental submissions.

Detailed information on the 2015 SmartWay Excellence Award eligibility is available here: SmartWay 2015 Awards Criteria (PDF) (2 pp, 571K, EPA-420-F-15-001, January 2015)

Logistics Awards

SmartWay logistics semi-finalists are top-performing partners in good standing. EPA identifies a pool of top-performing candidates for consideration based on environmental performance, use of SmartWay carriers to move their freight, and freight mileage with “large” and “medium/small” mileage categories. These logistics semi-finalists are invited to provide EPA with supplemental, qualitative documentation that demonstrates leadership actions that support SmartWay’s environmental goals. Final logistics awardees will be selected from the pool of semi-finalists identified by EPA based on their supplemental submissions.

Detailed information on the 2015 SmartWay Excellence Award eligibility is available here: SmartWay 2015 Awards Criteria (PDF) (2 pp, 571K, EPA-420-F-15-001, January 2015)

Carrier Awards

EPA identifies carrier partners in good standing that are leaders in freight efficiency based on their SmartWay data within fourteen fleet type and size categories. Carrier categories with the opportunity for award recognition include: truck, rail, barge and multi-modal.

EPA also identifies a pool of top performing SmartWay multi-modal carrier semi-finalists in good standing and are leaders in freight efficiency based on their SmartWay data. These multi-modal carrier semi-finalists are invited to provide EPA with supplemental, qualitative documentation to demonstrate leadership actions that support SmartWay’s environmental goals. Final multi-modal carrier awardees will be selected from the pool of semi-finalists identified by EPA based on the supplemental information they provide.

Detailed information on the 2015 SmartWay Excellence Award eligibility is available here: SmartWay 2015 Awards Criteria (PDF) (2 pp, 571K, EPA-420-F-15-001, January 2015)