Celadon wins EPA SmartWay award

INDIANAPOLIS — Celadon Trucking Services, one of North America’s largest truckload NAFTA carriers, has earned the top score awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for freight carriers that participate in their SmartWay Transport Partnership.

SmartWay is a collaboration within the freight industry to increase fuel efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.

Celadon, which operates a Canadian division based in Kitchener, Ont., has earned a Shipper Index Factor (SIF) of 1.25. A SIF of 1.25 represents outstanding environmental performance. The company says the score shows Celadon is utilizing most of the commercially available fuel saving strategies and is actively evaluating the latest emerging technologies.

Only partners with a score of 1.25 are awarded the honor of displaying the SmartWay Transport Partner logo.

Celadon operates a fleet of approximately 3,000 trucks and 8,000 trailers.
Its SmartWay initiatives include some of the following equipment changes:

Installation of auxiliary air heaters on all trucks coming in over the past year to eliminate the engine’s need to idle in cold weather; equipping trucks and trailers with the most fuel efficient tires available on the market; accelerating new truck purchases planned for the next two years, all of which will include EPA-compliant engines in SmartWay-certified trucks.

Also the company recalibrates new engines to produce less than 30 grams of NOx at an idle; shortening trailer to tractor gaps to minimize aerodynamic drag; and reduces the maximum road speed for the entire fleet.