ALASKA AIR CARGO
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Alaska Air Cargo continues to find innovative ways to reduce the environmental impact of services, facilities, and equipment. Alaska Air Cargo’s environmental strategy encompasses four main areas: 75 GREEN reduce emissions from planes and equipment, waste from flights and other facilities, consumption of non- sustainable resources, and energy use SUPPLY in its buildings. CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program CHAIN ❱❱ Reduce energy usage NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERS The airline’s 2020 goal is to reduce mainline emissions 20 percent per revenue ton mile over 2009 levels. Inbound Logistics features its annual G75—a carefully curated list of 75 companies that go above and beyond to ensure their global supply chains are sustainable, and their operations are socially ARCBEST and environmentally friendly. These companies have spent years developing and implementing best practices to ensure the footprint arcb.com they leave on the world is a positive one. In 1976, ArcBest LTL carrier ABF Freight began limiting its trucks’ maximum speeds to conserve fuel and reduce emissions. The company’s new trucks 48FORTY SOLUTIONS have computerized engine shut- offs to reduce idling and minimize 48forty.com fuel consumption. The company 48forty uses recycled pallets to offer follows an equipment maintenance/ customers sustainable pallet solutions. replacement program, so the average The company repairs damaged pallets age of its linehaul tractors is rarely and sends them back into the pool. more than two years. 48forty disassembles battered pallets and salvages boards that can be used in CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES other pallets. It even chips the unusable bits and uses them as landscape mulch ❱❱ Reduce energy usage or for biofuel. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱ CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱ Energy-efficient equipment ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program 48forty has 90 million pallets in ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Sustainable packaging force. It uses and repairs each pallet NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Sustainably source materials about 10 times, ultimately shredding ❱❱ Waste minimization through them for mulch. ABF Freight has been a SmartWay Lean manufacturing partner since 2006 and winner of the 2014 SmartWay Excellence Award.
June 2018 • Inbound Logistics 45 AMERICAN AIRLINES AVERITT EXPRESS ALLIANCE SHIPPERS CARGO averittexpress.com alliance.com aacargo.com Aside from investing in newer and Alliance’s EverGreen refrigeration Ever since employees led the Fuel cleaner technologies and equipment, units are equipped with two-way Smart initiative in 2005, American Averitt helps shippers reduce their cellular tracking devices. They draw Airlines has saved millions of gallons carbon footprint through strategies power from a battery source within of fuel from being consumed by its that include returnable totes to the units, allowing them to always aircraft and support vehicles, while replace corrugate waste and the use have a GPS location on assets as well also cutting millions of pounds of of climate-controlled LTL units to cut as the ability to turn the refrigeration CO2 emissions from being thrust into reliance on foam containers and dry unit on and off at any time. Solar the atmosphere. ice. It works closely with companies panels allow Alliance to use the sun’s to identify mutually beneficial supply energy to continuously charge the CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES chain strategies that are also green- batteries on its trailers. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions minded. ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources American deploys more than 5,000 ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program reusable lightweight composite cargo ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Reduce energy usage containers, reducing weight and ❱❱ Sustainable packaging ❱❱ Solar panels saving more than one million gallons ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting of fuel every year. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT
CANADIAN NATIONAL Since 2004, Averitt has lowered Alliance’s refrigerated trailers, (CN) CO2 emissions by about 27 percent, moved via the nation’s rail system, reduced nitrogen oxide emissions reduce CO2 output by 67 percent cn.ca by 50 percent, and cut particulate versus moving the same goods via emissions by 52 percent. highway trucks. Canadian National’s (CN) environmental strategy focuses on emissions and energy efficiency, waste management, biodiversity, and land management. With Precision Railroading, fuel-efficient locomotives, and leading-edge technology, CN achieved a fuel and carbon efficiency improvement of 37 percent over the past 20 years.
CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES APL LOGISTICS ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Reduce energy usage apllogistics.com ❱ ❱ Optimize yard performance APL Logistics continues to create programs to capture sustainability data and make it available to customers. It engages with its community through new partnerships, NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT and develops new products to reduce customers’ greenhouse gas consumption. CN’s fleet uses 15-percent less fuel per gross ton mile overall than the CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions industry average. Over six months, APL reduced ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources emissions for a large retailer ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program equivalent to driving 1.8 million ❱❱ Reduce energy usage fewer miles or taking 150 cars off the ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting road annually. ❱❱ Collaborate with stakeholders to reduce and recycle plastic bags in retail businesses
46 Inbound Logistics • June 2018 AAA COOPER TRANSPORTATION CELADON TRUCKING aaacooper.com celadontrucking.com
AAA Cooper installs enhanced/full aerodynamic fairing packages; converts oil to A long-time member of SmartWay, lighter-weight synthetic for better fuel economy; installs tire pressure systems Celadon keeps a current tractor fleet, designed for drive tire position to enhance mpg; and installs next-generation and relies on the latest technology skirting on van trailers with better airflow direction. The SmartWay partner to help reduce emissions and fuel has new tractor placement with automated manual transmission with specific consumption. The trucker outfits drivetrain modifications designed to increase mpg and reduce emissions. its tractors with speed limiters and equips trailers with skirting. Celadon CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES regularly maintains its tractors to run ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions at optimum efficiency. ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Reduce energy usage CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Sustainably source materials ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Use wastewater NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱ Continual reduced emissions ❱ Sustainable packaging ❱ since 2013. ❱ Solar panels ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting
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Celadon earned the 2017 SmartWay BNSF Freight Carrier and Multimodal Excellence Award. bnsf.com CRANE WORLDWIDE BNSF created a Carbon Estimator LOGISTICS Tool for shippers to track the carbon footprint of their rail craneww.com CASESTACK shipments. It also implemented The 3PL’s Crane Cares initiative locomotive management systems is composed of three specific casestack.com to reduce idling, fuel consumption, branches through which it and emissions. CaseStack’s retail consolidation demonstrates commitment to the programs help conserve natural CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES environment (Green Worldwide), resources by reducing dock ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions the communities in which we live congestion, improving warehouse ❱❱ Reduce energy usage and work (Give Worldwide), and efficiencies, and decreasing ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting the health, wellness, and safety of the number of trucks on the ❱❱ Solar panels employees and their families (Live highway. The resulting supply ❱❱ Alternative fuel/energy sources Well Worldwide). chain consumes less energy and produces lower amounts of carbon NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES emissions. CaseStack has been a ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program SmartWay partner for the past eight Fuel efficiency has increased ❱❱ Use wastewater consecutive years. 10 percent since 2005. ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce energy usage Crane Worldwide has been ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting recognized as a SmartWay Transport NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT Partner since opening its doors in 2008. CaseStack’s consolidated truckloads reduce carbon emissions by 58 million pounds of CO2 each year.
June 2018 • Inbound Logistics 47 CSX TRANSPORTATION DHL SUPPLY CHAIN
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CSX Transportation has a three-pronged approach to sustainability: reduce the DHL has set four interim environmental footprint of operations, engage openly on sustainability issues, sustainability targets to achieve by and support sustainability developments. In 2016, the company improved fuel 2025. Global target: increase carbon efficiency by shutting down unused locomotive power whenever possible. The efficiency by 50 percent compared to railroad is capable of moving one ton of freight 474 miles on a single gallon of fuel. 2007. Local target: deliver 70 percent of its own first- and last-mile CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT services with clean pickup/delivery ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions solutions. Economic target: more Since 1980, CSX has improved fuel ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources than 50 percent of sales incorporate efficiency by more than 100 percent. ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program green solutions. People target: train ❱❱ Reduce energy usage 80 percent of employees as certified GoGreen specialists. CARGO TRANSPORTERS CROWLEY CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES cgor.com ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources crowley.com As a SmartWay Partner Excellence ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program Award winner in 2016, Cargo Crowley’s new terminal ❱❱ Reduce energy usage Transporters continues to spec its management systems reduce truck ❱❱ Sustainable packaging on-highway vehicles with the most idling and turn times by 25 percent, ❱❱ Sustainably source materials current aerodynamic equipment, which reduces air impacts on the ❱❱ Solar panels maximizing fuel efficiency. The mainland and Puerto Rico. Two new ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting company invests in on-site commitment class containerships ❱❱ Customer Go Green solutions electrification for vehicles so hotel will provide Puerto Rico service with loads can be powered by shore power 38-percent per-container reduction NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT connections. It has invested in load- of CO2 emissions, and near-total sensing devices in trailers to avoid A carbon efficiency target to improve SOx reduction. Crowley’s tank vessel extra on-highway miles resulting by 30 percent over 2007 baseline fleet carried 472 million barrels, and from trailer checks. by 2020 was achieved in 2016, four made 5,196 product transfers with years earlier than planned. In 2017, zero spills. CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES it improved by two index points to ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 32 percent. CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Use wastewater ❱❱ Use wastewater ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱ ❱ Sustainable packaging NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Sustainably source materials ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting Installed additional 26 shore power ❱❱ Limit/eliminate plastic bottle parking spots for trucks, bringing and other disposable beverage total to 50. container usage
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Using the Clean Cargo Working Group platform, Crowley launched its first third-party verification of emissions data for customer assurance, receiving 100-percent verification of its international liner fleet’s CO2 and SOx emissions.
48 Inbound Logistics • June 2018 CT LOGISTICS DUPRÉ LOGISTICS ctlogistics.com duprelogistics.com
CT has invested in software developments specifically targeting the ability to Dupré’s green initiatives address provide shippers the tools to make greener supply chain choices. Its Lion™ fuel efficiency, safety, and software helps shippers drive energy efficiency with supply chain routing environmental performance. analysis technologies. This software was built to maximize lane effectiveness Dupré’s fleet contributes to green and facilitate more optimal/greener transportation mode selections. CT’s results with a top speed of 62 mph, FreitWeb™ software aggregates small shipments to reduce costs and fuel. and the use of fuel-efficient tires. This software enables shippers to choose environmentally conscious routings, Utilizing Omnitracs and Green Road mode selections, and carriers with the shortest transit times to reduce fuel technologies monitors safety and consumption and lower CO2 emissions. fuel economy.
CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ENGLAND LOGISTICS ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Use wastewater ❱❱ Reduce energy usage englandlogistics.com ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ At least 40 percent of its six- The England Logistics team acre corporate campus remains safeguards food and beverage NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT undeveloped and wooded shipments by utilizing a network Dupré strives to maintain the ❱❱ Intelligent thermostats are stocked with temperature-controlled environment within its operations. utilized for all areas facilities and equipment, resulting in fewer transportation risks. Using NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT optimization software also allows CT saved more than 200,000 kWh the company to build an economic ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS of electricity over the past year by strategy for each shipment, resulting replacing all facility lighting with in reduced miles. These practices echo.com LED lamps/bulbs. ensure each shipment is transported By using technology, industry in the most resourceful way possible, expertise, its extensive carrier with a minimized impact on network, and multimodal the environment. transport options, Echo provides CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES clients with access to greener CROWN EQUIPMENT ❱❱ Reduce energy usage transportation solutions. ❱❱ Sustainable packaging CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES crown.com NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions From product design to packaging, ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program Crown reduces its environmental As a SmartWay partner, England ❱❱ Reduce energy usage footprint through increased energy Logistics is committed to reducing ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting efficiency, lean business processes, carbon emissions in the environment. reduced resource consumption, and NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT elimination of waste. Crown delivers high-quality, energy-efficient lift trucks that Since 2010, Echo has partnered use fewer parts, require less maintenance, and produce less waste. with the SmartWay program to measure, benchmark, and improve CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT its environmental footprint. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Crown has achieved five zero- ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources landfill status facilities, three ISO ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program 14001-certified facilities, and is the ❱❱ Use wastewater first company to have three facilities ❱❱ Reduce energy usage receive the Ohio EPA’s Encouraging ❱❱ Sustainable packaging Environmental Excellence ❱❱ Sustainably source materials Gold Award. ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting
June 2018 • Inbound Logistics 49 DSC LOGISTICS FEDEX fedex.com dsclogistics.com FedEx sustainability efforts include: DSC’s sustainability programs include warehousing and transportation emissions managing its carbon footprint, reduction. Its goals include reducing utility metrics across all locations by an establishing environmental policies average of 8 percent year over year. The company’s network redesign features and procedures for employees to better placed distribution centers and optimized transportation routes, resulting in follow, using natural resources to a more sustainable network with a reduced carbon footprint. DSC is certified as a minimize waste generation, and SmartWay logistics provider and carrier partner. establishing an EarthSmart program.
CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES driven across all modes by up to CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱ 700,000 miles monthly, and reduced ❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱ carbon emissions by 12 percent ❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱ in 2017. ❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Sustainable packaging ❱ ❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱ ❱ Sustainable packaging ❱❱ Solar panels ❱❱ Sustainably source materials ❱❱ Solar panels HUB GROUP NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting hubgroup.com By 2012, FedEx had increased its global electric vehicle and hybrid NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT Hub Group’s LEED Gold-certified electric vehicle fleet to 482 vehicles, corporate headquarters features DSC’s transportation consolidation logging more than 14.8 million miles natural habitat landscaping, energy- efforts for customers reduce mileage and saving 480,000 gallons of fuel. efficient lighting, electric vehicle charging stations, and rainwater GEORGIA PORTS harvesting. A continuing initiative JAXPORT aims at reducing idle hours. AUTHORITY jaxport.com CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES gaports.com From designing cargo terminals ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and using innovative technologies, Moving to electric rubber-tired ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources to purchasing new equipment, gantry cranes for container handling ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program JAXPORT is committed to reduces GPA’s carbon footprint by ❱❱ Reduce energy usage environmental protection. Among 96 percent per crane. Savannah’s ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting the port’s efforts to preserve the electric ship-to-shore cranes capture ❱❱ Rainwater harvesting region’s natural environment are enough energy lowering boxes to ❱❱ Satellite tracking for championing the use of cleaner, power themselves 18 minutes of each improved routing alternative fuels, reducing engine hour. GPA uses computer controls ❱❱ Day cab/lightweight emissions from port equipment, and and efficient fixtures that, adjusting sleeper investments recycling oil used in cranes. for the season, turn on lights as the ❱❱ New electric tractor purchases sun sets. The project aims to achieve and platooning CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES $4.9 million in energy savings over ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 10 years. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱ CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES Hub Group continues to educate, ❱ Reuse/recycling program develop, and implement intermodal ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions conversions in its customers’ supply ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources chains, resulting in savings of NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program 3 billion plus pounds of CO2 in 2017. ❱❱ Reduce energy usage JAXPORT helped construct an ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting outdoor classroom at Oceanway Middle School that features hundreds NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT of native plants, a freshwater pond, and an elevated deck. Oceanway uses Electrification efforts avoid the use the facility to teach students science of more than 5.8 million gallons of and ecology. diesel each year.
50 Inbound Logistics • June 2018 KENCO KNIGHT-SWIFT TRANSPORTATION kencogroup.com knighttrans.com
Kenco commits to the environment by employing a full-time leader of sustainability Knight-Swift’s commitment to to drive initiatives. The company aims to assist its customers in achieving offering sustainable solutions environmental responsibility. Initiatives include: using hybrid automobiles in encompasses multiple efforts, the company fleet, reducing paper and paper waste with technology, and using including: fuel-efficient tractors, auxiliary power units to reduce idle time and fuel consumption. fuel conservation initiatives, lower tractor emissions, energy-saving CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES solar farms, alternative-fuel R&D, ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program and aerodynamic trailer technology. ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources LUFTHANSA CARGO ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting lufthansa-cargo.com CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Lufthansa Cargo’s environmental NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources strategy for continuous Governing trucks and training drivers improvement focuses on green on progressive shifting techniques to NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT flying, green ground, environmental promote fuel conservation. management system, innovation, Knight-Swift’s more than 4,200 partnerships, data transparency, tractors operate with U.S. EPA2010 or public relations, and green solutions. newer engines. Technology related to Lufthansa Cargo operates five new these engines has effectively reduced J.B. HUNT Boeing 777F—the most efficient the two primary emissions of the diesel engine—NOx and particulate jbhunt.com freighter in its class—and invested in two more, which will be delivered matter—by 99 percent. For the past 10 years, J.B. Hunt in 2019. Continuous investment has been a SmartWay partner and in energy-efficient technology received a SmartWay Excellence and buildings is as important as KANE IS ABLE Award each year. The company ongoing investment in new, lighter engineers and designs customer loading equipment. kaneisable.com solutions with an emphasis on energy efficiency. Other green CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES KANE reduces initiatives include LTL consolidation ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions emissions, and network optimization, ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources pollution, and mpg tracking and improvement ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program congestion with maintenance, lightweight and ❱❱ Use wastewater smarter trucks aerodynamic equipment, driver ❱❱ Reduce energy usage and delivery training, and alternative fuel options ❱❱ Sustainably source materials methods. A such as natural gas and biodiesel. ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting Collaborative Distribution program reduces CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT emissions by pooling inventory ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shipments. Lufthansa Cargo will replace all ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources standard containers with lighter ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES variants by 2020. It has achieved ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 70 percent of this goal, resulting in ❱❱ Solar panels ❱❱ Reduce energy usage CO2 savings of more than 6,800 tons ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program per year. ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Sustainable packaging In 2017, J.B. Hunt reduced carbon NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT emissions equivalent to removing more than 700,000 passenger Since 2012, KANE has recycled 61.6 vehicles off the road for one year. tons of paper, 196.8 tons of plastic and stretch wrap, 12,822 tons of cardboard, 101.2 tons of cans/bottles, 14 tons of steel, and 149 tons of wood.
June 2018 • Inbound Logistics 51 LYNDEN
lynden.com NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT Lynden is the first Alaska-based transportation company to be Facility upgrades have saved recognized by SmartWay and the first 3,535 MWh of electricity and 4.5 trucking company to earn the Green million BTUs of heating fuel/natural Star Award for Alaskan businesses. gas annually. This equals the average Despite operating in steep terrain energy used in 335 homes or 403 and extreme conditions, Lynden’s passenger vehicles each year. ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting. fleets consistently score among the ❱❱ Super-efficient reefer units, most efficient in terms of CO2 per ton shore-side plug-in technology, MAERSK LINE mile as measured by the SmartWay and electric forklifts save fuel and Transport Partnership. reduce emissions maerskline.com ❱❱ LED lighting has improved safety CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES Maersk Line aims to reduce its and reduced energy use, and its ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ocean shipping CO2 emissions by stormwater pollution prevention ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources 60 percent per container transported exceeds local requirements ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program between 2016 and 2020. It has ❱❱ Reduce energy usage already reduced CO2 emissions per ❱❱ Sustainable packaging container transported by 42 percent, MATSON ❱❱ Sustainably source materials and is investing more than $1 billion matson.com in upgrading large container vessels with new technologies to reduce In 1993, Matson’s Zero Solid Waste NORFOLK SOUTHERN fuel consumption, CO2, and sulphur Discharge policy, developed dioxide emissions by up to 20 percent with Ocean Conservancy, set the per container transported. Technical nscorp.com industry standard for environmental upgrades include advanced propeller NS adopted a carbon-mitigation protection at sea. Its Greentainer systems, engine upgrades, and strategy, Trees and Trains, that turns program uses a revenue slot on every hydrodynamic hull coatings. its carbon footprint into a corporate sailing to collect all solid waste for opportunity. Additionally, through transfer to recycling and waste-to- CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES its progressive locomotive rebuilding energy facilities on shore. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions program, NS has developed a ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES new class of low-emission Eco ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱ locomotives for railyard service now ❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱ used in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, ❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱ and Macon, Georgia. ❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Reduce energy usage Maersk Line is taking delivery of the Triple-E, a modern vessel that CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting is setting new standards in fuel ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT efficiency. Its Triple-E vessels reduce ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources both fuel consumption and harmful ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program Matson recently installed engine air emissions by up to 35 percent ❱❱ Reduce energy usage exhaust cleaning systems on its per container transported compared Alaska fleet and will outfit its two to other vessels sailing on the same NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT new Aloha Class vessels, currently shipping route. In its largest project, the company under construction, with dual-fuel, invested $5.6 million over five LNG-capable engines. years to reforest 10,000 acres in the Mississippi Delta. Between 2016 and 2030, the trees will generate an estimated 1.12 million carbon credits that NS can use to offset its carbon emissions or sell to others wishing to offset their environmental impacts.
52 Inbound Logistics • June 2018 NFI NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE nfiindustries.com nwseaportalliance.com
NFI develops and applies best practices to The partnership between the ports improve environmental impact through of Tacoma and Seattle reduces port- implementing technology and alternative related emissions through clean energy across its operations, such as truck programs, shore power at electric vehicles, solar power, and natural terminals, retrofitted cargo-handling gas fleets. Currently, NFI runs electric equipment, and cleaner-burning yard horse and lithium battery forklift ship fuels. demonstration units, and is working to develop class 8 battery electric and CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. As an EPA SmartWay partner, NFI also uses AirTabs, ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions trailer skirts, battery-powered APUs, and speed limiters to improve fuel efficiency. ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources The EPA has awarded NFI the SmartWay Excellence Award three times. ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Reduce energy usage CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions With 100-percent low-emission ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources tractor fleets, NFI produces the least NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program emissions possible and increased The alliance achieved a 95-percent ❱❱ Reduce energy usage miles per gallon by at least 2 percent reduction in stormwater zinc and ❱❱ Sustainable packaging each year for the past eight years. copper at terminal operations; and ❱❱ Solar panels reduced diesel emissions 47 percent ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting from trucks, 51 percent from trains, and 88 percent from ships.
PECO PALLET OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE pecopallet.com odfl.com PECO’s core business is built on a Old Dominion Freight Line continues to foundation of reusing and recycling invest in its newest 2018 fuel-efficient pallets to reduce waste. PECO cycles fleet. It is retrofitting all 230 service pallets an average of four times per centers with LED lights. Other green year and carefully maintains them to initiatives include fully equipped technology, such as onboard computers that track prolong their useful life. mpg and tire inflation systems that increase fuel mileage and reduce emissions. Its service center shops continue to convert to sole recycling water for drive-through CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES truck washes, where more than 1,000 gallons of water are consistently on reserve. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱ ❱ Reuse/recycling program CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Sustainable packaging Old Dominion’s fleet is 100-percent ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Sustainably source materials low rolling resistance, increasing ❱❱ Use wastewater fuel efficiency and reducing ❱❱ Reduce energy usage NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT emissions. 100 percent of its trailers ❱❱ Solar panels (roughly 23,000) are equipped with PECO block pallets allow true four- ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting aerodynamic skirts to lower wind way entry for more efficient stacking ❱❱ Moved from propane-powered resistance and conserve fuel. and transportation, which can to battery-powered maintenance significantly reduce fuel costs and PM carts reduce shippers’ carbon footprint.
June 2018 • Inbound Logistics 53 ORBIS CORPORATION PENSKE LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE TEAM
orbiscorporation.com penskelogistics.com performanceteam.net
ORBIS analyzes a customer’s In addition to helping customers A SmartWay partner since 2008, systems, designs a solution, and go green, Penske benchmarks Performance Team continues to executes a reusable packaging sustainability efforts against its undertake green initiatives. PT’s program for cost savings and competitors/customers, performs entire fleet has SmartWay-approved sustainability. Using lifecycle an annual GHG emission inventory, tires and uses trailer skirts and under assessments to compare reusable discloses its GHG emissions trays to improve fuel efficiency. PT and single-use packaging, information to the Carbon Disclosure also utilizes on-demand packaging ORBIS helps shippers reduce Project, and conducts energy audits/ and works with corridor recycling environmental impact. analysis to identify opportunities to help recycle and reduce obsolete to save money and reduce carbon hardware in its facilities. CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES footprint. The company upgraded to ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions more efficient fluorescent and LED CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program lighting, and participates in the EPA’s ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Reduce energy usage Green Power Partnership to purchase ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Sustainable packaging renewable energy credits. ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Sustainably source materials ❱❱ Use wastewater CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reduce energy usage NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Sustainable packaging ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Sustainably source materials ORBIS helps shippers leverage ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Solar panels lifecycle assessment ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting data to make ❱❱ Solar panels sustainable supply ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT chain changes. In the past seven years, Performance NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT Team transloaded more than 340,000 The purchase of renewable energy containers. Using a 3:2 compression credits resulted in avoiding more standard, this translates into PORT OF LONG BEACH than 10,542 MT of CO2. Penske has approximately 230,000 outbound polb.com reported a year-over-year reduction trailers and a carbon reduction in metric tons of CO2/mile for its footprint of 30 percent. Guided by its award-winning Green fleet since 2012. Port Policy, the port is reducing harmful air emissions from port- related operations, improving water quality in the harbor, PORT OF LOS ANGELES protecting marine wildlife, and implementing environmentally portoflosangeles.org sustainable practices. Utilizing the tenets of sustainability, the CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES port works toward the best interests ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions of the community, environment, and ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources economy. It practices these principles through integral considerations during ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program planning, design, and construction, and throughout operations and maintenance of ❱❱ Use wastewater port facilities and structures. ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Sustainably source materials CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions To advance zero-emission NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources technologies throughout the port ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program The Port of Long Beach notched complex, the Port of Los Angeles ❱❱ Use wastewater clean air records in its latest study partners with terminal operators ❱❱ Reduce energy usage of air pollution emissions, including to apply for state and federal ❱❱ Sustainably source materials an 88-percent reduction in diesel funding to demonstrate and deploy particulate matter. cleaner technologies.
54 Inbound Logistics • June 2018 PORT OF SAN DIEGO PITT OHIO PORT OF BALTIMORE portofsandiego.org pittohio.com mpa.maryland.gov
All heavy-duty trucks accessing the PITT OHIO looks to see how it can The Maryland Port Administration Port of San Diego maritime terminals do business differently by partnering (MPA) is committed to meeting to pick up or drop off cargo must with customers, vendors, and obligations for improved air comply with clean air requirements community members. The company and water quality, reduction of under the State of California’s has uncovered innovations in impacts to the Patapsco River and Drayage Truck Regulation. The port’s renewable energy over the past two the Chesapeake Bay, and sound Vessel Speed Reduction Program years, and has installed eight wind environmental management for is a voluntary strategy to reduce turbines and 700 solar panels in its dredging projects. MPA is working air pollutants and greenhouse gas new Cleveland facility. Its long-term to reduce diesel emissions, manage emissions from ships by reducing goal is to generate enough power to stormwater responsibly, become speeds to 12 knots in the vicinity of charge electric trucks. more energy efficient, and offset San Diego Bay. environmental impacts from port CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES operations with green projects that CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱ ❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions meet stewardship goals. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Use wastewater ❱❱ Solar panels ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Sustainable packaging ❱❱ Wind power ❱❱ Use wastewater ❱❱ Sustainably source materials ❱❱ Reduce energy usage NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Solar panels ❱❱ Sustainably source materials ❱ ❱ Energy-efficient lighting In 2017, PITT OHIO reduced overall electricity kWh by 6 percent, and NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT specifically at its Pittsburgh facility, The port has removed all The Port of San Diego was among the reduced consumption by 25 percent underground storage tanks, first U.S. ports to adopt a Climate through implementing its DC retrofitted sand filters, wetlands, wet Action Plan. powered, renewable energy micro- swales, and bioretention structures grid. at several terminals, installed several engineered stormwater quality treatment technologies featuring pretreatment and filtering systems, and created hundreds of acres of wetlands and wildlife habitat.
PORT OF PORTLAND portofportland.com
The Port of Portland has reduced diesel particulate matter by 76 percent from its 2000 level for operations it controls. It recently installed an additional 42 electric pre-conditioned air units to keep aircraft cool on hot days at Portland International Airport gates. Since 2005, the port has fueled container-handling equipment with ultra-low sulfur diesel and improved exhaust systems for cleaner emissions.
CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Efforts to minimize idling vehicles ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources and traffic at Portland International ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program Airport and other properties have ❱❱ Use wastewater dropped carbon monoxide output by ❱❱ Reduce energy usage more than two tons annually. ❱❱ Sustainably source materials
June 2018 • Inbound Logistics 55 RR DONNELLEY PORT OF OAKLAND RINCHEM rrdonnelley.com portofoakland.com rinchem.com RRD continuously strives to improve The Port of Oakland studies all the Rinchem is actively working to global environmental health and impacts of a thriving economy replace lighting with energy- safety performance by using practices to mitigate unintended negative efficient resources at all warehouse that protect employees and the impacts, including pollution (air, and administrative sites. A special environment, including reducing water, noise) and infrastructure focus on energy consumption emissions, developing recycling and wear and tear. As a result, the port at administrative sites includes pollution prevention opportunities, is involved in dozens of innovative sustainable office supplies and and using paper, energy, and other programs, thanks to an array overall energy consumption best resources more efficiently. of creative, problem-centered practices. Rinchem’s transportation team adds only energy-efficient partnerships and collaborations that CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES solutions for new assets, and requires work to identify, quantify, and meet ❱ ❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions its transportation partners to have environmental challenges. ❱ ❱ Reuse/recycling program a green initiative in place before ❱❱ Use wastewater CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES working with them. ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Sustainable packaging CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱ ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱ ❱❱ Use wastewater ❱ Reuse/recycling program NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱ ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱ Use wastewater ❱ ❱❱ Sustainably source materials RRD is pursuing energy-efficiency ❱ Reduce energy usage programs involving several different ❱❱ Sustainable packaging NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT technologies that it is installing in ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting plants worldwide. The company The Port of Oakland’s energy- reuses, repairs, repurposes, and NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT efficiency rebate program provides recycles its process materials and tenants the port serves as a municipal Energy-efficient lighting installed byproducts to limit what enters the utility the opportunity to replace at Rinchem’s first site saved 118 tons waste stream. RRD works with clients their energy-inefficient electric of CO2 generated by fossil fuels. and suppliers to make packaging equipment and fixtures. The port’s The energy-efficient lighting saves environmentally responsible, and energy rebate program encourages 248,230 kWh per year per site. collaborates to help minimize their the implementation of energy-saving combined effects on the environment. initiatives in the facility.
PUROLATOR purolator.com CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Purolator trains its drivers on eco- Purolator has the largest hybrid ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources driving practices, continues to electric vehicle fleet of any freight ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program find new and innovative ways to and parcel solutions provider ❱❱ Use wastewater reduce energy consumption, and in North America, and has been ❱❱ Reduce energy usage offers environmentally friendly conducting an annual greenhouse gas ❱❱ Sustainable packaging packaging options. The company inventory since 2007. ❱❱ Sustainably source materials understands the need to meet ❱❱ Solar panels regulatory requirements and ensure ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting environmental compliance.
56 Inbound Logistics • June 2018 RAYMOND CORPORATION SCHNEIDER RYDER
raymondcorp.com schneider.com ryder.com
Raymond’s sustainability initiatives Recent accomplishments include: Ryder has added electric vehicles include upgrading software and improving fuel efficiency 12.5 (EVs) to its fleet, and has leased controllers to an automated logic percent since 2008; reducing fuel EVs to customers to assist them in and lighting controls program consumption 500,000 gallons reaching their sustainability goals. to zone and control factory and between 2015 and 2016; reducing The company has also equipped office lighting, heating, and air CO2 emissions by 4 percent, NOx by several maintenance facilities conditioning based on utilization; 7 percent, and particulate matter by across North America to meet the incorporating occupancy sensors to 23 percent. Schneider is a charter service and charging requirements eliminate wasted lighting in main member of the SmartWay program for commercial EVs. Ryder has also and facility offices; using water and is an eight-time SmartWay achieved more than 200 million reclamation from the powder- Award of Excellence winner. miles with its natural gas vehicle coat paint system for utility water fleet operations. requirements; and installing CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES supplemental active solar lighting. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Employing five workers solely ❱❱ Use wastewater ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program responsible for minimizing the ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Reduce energy usage waste stream ❱❱ Sustainable packaging ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting, ❱❱ Sustainably source materials NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting Transitioning to propane from Ryder has strategic partnerships #2 fuel oil for the main boiler can NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT with several electric vehicle eliminate the burning of up to Schneider is eliminating the need for manufacturers to provide 50,000 gallons of oil—almost twice idling by equipping every new solo distribution and maintenance the CO2 emissions of propane. truck with auxiliary power units. services. The company has also This will reduce fuel used during deployed EVs in its rental and idling by 85 percent. lease fleets.
RUAN ruan.com CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Three-time SmartWay Excellence Ruan has run nearly 90 million ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources Award winner Ruan utilizes miles on natural gas power since ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program lightweight trucks and trailers, 2011, including 55 million miles ❱❱ Reduce energy usage proven aerodynamic solutions, using renewable natural gas from ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting auto-inflation tire systems, onboard biodigested cattle manure. ❱❱ Member of CA SB1383 Subgroup monitoring, and auto-shift power #2 (Fostering Markets for units. Ruan also partners with Digester Projects) and contributes to the Clean Cities ❱❱ Customer on-farm methane annual study on diesel reduction. digester produces renewable fuel for The company is one of only three Class-8 CNG tractor fleet for-hire fleets in the National Clean ❱❱ RNG fuel Fleets Partnership.
June 2018 • Inbound Logistics 57 SOUTH CAROLINA PORTS AUTHORITY SHIPPERS GROUP shipperswarehouse.com scspa.com Shippers Group removed high- SCPA strives to be the greenest port in emissions forklifts from its fleet, the Southeast through low gate turn and removed 206 metric tons of times for truckers and efficient terminal non-greenhouse gas emissions from operations; fully electrified cranes the atmosphere. As part of its Zero and terminal transloading equipment; Landfill Initiative, it recycled 63 tons reduction of idling on and near port of cardboard, plastic, and paper, and property; 100-percent compliance with reused 4,703 units of dunnage and air quality standards and voluntary air monitoring; and the Clean Truck Program, air bags. Shippers Group’s Wilmer requiring a 1994/newer engine for trucks entering the port. The port is a member of DC is equipped with high-efficiency the Southeastern Diesel Collaborative and Coalition for Responsible Transportation, electric chillers and T5 lighting with and supports local environmental groups. motion sensors. CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Development of an inland port ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources network consisting of two facilities in ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program South Carolina—Greer and Dillon— ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Reduce energy usage that increase freight tonnage moved ❱❱ Use wastewater ❱❱ Sustainably source materials by rail per gallon of fuel. ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ Sustainable packaging ❱❱ Offer a food truck program on ❱❱ Sustainably source materials terminal to reduce personal vehicle TRANSGROUP GLOBAL ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting trips during daytime meals LOGISTICS NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT transgroup.com Shippers Group has been part of the TransGroup’s external and internal Texas Emission Reduction Plan since sustainability activities are 2007, and removed high-emissions SEABOARD MARINE encompassed in its TransNeutral forklifts from its fleet. green program. TransGroup has been seaboardmarine.com a SmartWay member since 2007. Current initiatives include recycling Its internal company sustainability used batteries and scrap metal from initiatives include energy repaired containers, equipment, conservation, recycling, waste and ships. Seaboard’s modern reduction, and paperless initiatives. refrigerated container fleet uses CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ozone-friendly refrigerants that ❱ also increase energy efficiency. ❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱ The carrier continually evaluates ❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱ emerging technologies to reduce the ❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱ environmental impact of its vessels, ❱ Reduce energy usage ❱ such as adjusting and replacing ❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱ propellers and rudder bulbs with ❱ Paperless initiatives modern designs. Seaboard Marine NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT works exclusively with accredited NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT environmental firms for disposal TransGroup was the first third- of used tires and any items or party logistics provider to become a Seaboard Marine recently added substances that contain oil. SmartWay partner in 2007. 1,370 high cube refrigerated units to its refrigerated container fleet, of CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES which 415 are equipped with special ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Reduce energy usage controlled atmosphere technology to ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Sustainable packaging meet the needs of perishable import/ ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ❱❱ Sustainably source materials export shippers. ❱❱ Use wastewater ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting
58 Inbound Logistics • June 2018 TRANSPORTATION INSIGHT TOTE MARITIME transportationinsight.com totemaritime.com
Transportation Insight’s integrated Enterprise Logistics solutions leverage multi- TOTE Maritime spearheads modal insight, expertise, and technology-driven data analysis to help clients many environmental initiatives, improve supply chain performance. Employing Extended LEAN continuous including converting vessels to improvement methodology for the end-to-end supply chain helps clients improve liquefied natural gas power. TOTE and maintain operational efficiencies as market demands change. Transportation continually seeks ways to reduce Insight is an ongoing participant in the SmartWay Partnership program. its environmental impact through innovative programs, many of which CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT stem from the ideas of its employees. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Transportation Insight engineers ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program data-driven Enterprise Logistics CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reduce energy usage solutions that eliminate supply chain ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ❱❱ Sustainable packaging waste and optimize routes. ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱ ❱ Energy-efficient lighting ❱❱ Reduce energy usage
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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD In 2017, JAX LNG, TOTE Maritime’s LNG supplier, received a Letter of up.com Acceptance from the U.S. Coast Union Pacific continuously improves Guard for the operation of its its management systems and waterfront LNG facility and the operating efficiency, develops and approval to conduct barge-to-ship invests in technology to reduce its LNG bunkering operations with TOTE environmental footprint, and works Maritime’s Marlin Class ships and its to increase fuel efficiency, reduce air LNG barge, Clean Jacksonville. SEALED AIR emissions and energy consumption, and recycle used materials. sealedair.com
Sealed Air sets specific CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES environmental targets for energy, ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions TRANSPLACE greenhouse gases, water, and waste. ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources The company continues to improve ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program transplace.com ❱ its plans to address environmental ❱ Reduce energy usage Transplace executed 12.8 billion ton ❱ impact and cost reduction goals. ❱ Sustainably source materials miles on carriers registered with ❱ ❱ Solar panels the SmartWay program in 2016, CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱ ❱ Energy-efficient lighting and procured 96 percent of ton ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions miles for managed transportation ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT business through SmartWay- ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program Union Pacific set its best-ever fuel registered carriers. ❱❱ Use wastewater consumption rate in 2017, improving ❱❱ Reduce energy usage by 1.7 percent. Since 2000, it has CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Sustainable packaging saved nearly 2.9 billion gallons ❱❱ Mode conversion/consolidation ❱❱ Sustainably source materials of fuel. ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT Transplace helps shippers reduce In 2017, Sealed Air reduced energy emissions through use of more intensity by 13.7 percent, reduced fuel-efficient transportation greenhouse gases by 21 percent, modes and the overall reduction and reduced water intensity by in number of shipments needed 16.7 percent. It also diverted 71.3 through consolidation and co- percent of landfill waste (reduction loading arrangements. compared to 2012 baseline).
June 2018 • Inbound Logistics 59 WSI (WAREHOUSE SPECIALISTS, LLC) VERSACOLD
wsinc.com CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES versacold.com ❱❱ Reduce energy usage WSI employs natural landscaping VersaCold’s environmental efforts ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program and green space to minimize include retrofitting facilities with ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions stormwater runoff and surface high-efficiency lighting, roofing, ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources pollutants, and uses electric- and charging systems; installing ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting powered equipment when possible. rainwater and defrost condensation An active recycling program at all NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT collection systems and reduced flow facilities amounts to thousands of faucets; implementing recycling tons of materials recycled each year. WSI received Responsible Care programs, and expanding the use certification from the American of more efficient refrigerants, such UPS Chemistry Council for its warehouse as ammonia. facility in Baytown, Texas, while ups.com its overall chemical unit passed CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES
UPS continues its progress toward program recertification. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions environmental goals: reducing ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources absolute GHG emissions in global ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program ground operations 12 percent WERNER ENTERPRISES/ ❱❱ Use wastewater by 2025, using electricity from WERNER LOGISTICS ❱❱ Reduce energy usage renewable sources (25 percent by ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting 2025), using alternative fuel as a werner.com NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT percentage of total ground fuel A four-time SmartWay Excellence (40 percent by 2025). Award winner, Werner has driven A partnership with Bullfrog Power more than 17 billion miles since provides a renewable energy CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES implementing ELDs 20 years ago, purchase, allowing VersaCold to ❱❱ Reduce energy usage reducing out-of-route miles to save displace 54.8 metric tons of CO2 ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program fuel and cut emissions. Running annually, or 4.6 metric tons of ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions ELDs eliminated paper log books to CO2 monthly. ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources save trees and reduce waste.
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES As of ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 2016, UPS ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources reached ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program one billion ❱❱ Reduce energy usage cleaner ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting miles through NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT its alternative fuel and advanced Since 2007, Werner has saved more technology vehicles fleet. than 203 million gallons of diesel fuel and reduced CO2 emissions by more than 2.2 million tons. U.S. XPRESS ENTERPRISES ❱❱ Reduce energy usage ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting usxpress.com ❱❱ Installed white roof on corporate As an EPA SmartWay member since headquarters to reflect UV and the program’s inception and a two- cool building time SmartWay Excellence Award NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT winner, U.S. Xpress has consistently operated the newest, most efficient, U.S. Xpress has worked with Nikola CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES and safest equipment available. The Motor Company, supporting efforts ❱ company looks across its entire ❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions to design, develop, and produce ❱ operation to identify areas to reduce, ❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources hydrogen fuel cell/electric trucks. reuse, and recycle. ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program
60 Inbound Logistics • June 2018 XPO LOGISTICS YRC WORLDWIDE xpo.com yrcw.com
XPO was awarded “Objectif CO2” by the French government and committed YRC Worldwide companies are to reducing its French fleet emissions by 6 percent, starting in 2016 and ending past recipients of the SmartWay in 2018. Many XPO Logistics facilities are ISO140001 certified. The 3PL recycles Environmental Excellence millions of electronic components and batteries annually through reverse logistics Award, and the EPA named its operations, and monitors emissions from forklifts at logistics sites, with protocols team a SmartWay Champion. The in place to take immediate corrective action if needed. Drivers are trained in company’s fleet strategy centers on responsible eco-driving and fuel usage techniques. XPO is experimenting with equipment use, cleaner-burning diesel alternatives, such as diesel-electric hybrids. fuels, and fuel-efficient engines. YRC has self-imposed restrictions CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES on power-unit idling to reduce ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions YUSEN LOGISTICS emissions and save fuel, and it uses ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources yusen-logistics.com biodiesel fuel, which burns cleaner ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program than petroleum-based diesel. A ❱❱ Reduce energy usage Yusen Logistics (Americas) upgraded priority continues to be replenishing ❱❱ Sustainable packaging its Carson, California, facility with the fleet with clean diesel trucks ❱❱ Sustainably source materials energy-efficient lighting and a while testing other options. ❱❱ Solar panels white roof. Previously installed ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting in the warehouse, the company is CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Network optimization expanding the LED system to include ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions the office and exterior yard. The ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT white roof keeps the warehouse ❱❱ Reuse/recycling program cool by deflecting up to 80 percent ❱ XPO is 90 percent compliant EuroV, ❱ Reduce energy usage of sunlight, resulting in significant ❱ EEV, and EuroVI. Its average truck age is ❱ Energy-efficient lighting energy savings. Yusen Logistics is 2.5 years. The 3PL invested $90 million rolling out lithium-battery powered NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT in new trucks in 2018 (North America); forklifts in Carson, as well as at its and used the first LNG-powered Since the beginning of 2015, YRC Sumner, Washington, facility. The trucks in Paris suburbs. It is targeting a has replaced 20 percent of its lift trucks produce zero byproducts, 20-percent reduction in CO2 emissions. approximately 14,000 tractors and resulting in fuel and repairs 15 percent of its approximately cost savings. 44,000 trailers. About 70 percent of line-haul vehicles will be three CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES YALE MATERIALS years old or newer by mid-2018. ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions HANDLING All 53-foot and 28-foot trailers ❱❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources entering the fleet are equipped with yale.com ❱❱ Reduce energy usage aerodynamic skirts and fuel-efficient ❱❱ Solar panels Yale’s lift truck power solutions tires. And, YRC caps speed below 65 ❱❱ Energy-efficient lighting reduce emissions and waste. A mph on all units, which reduces fuel lithium-ion battery pack lasts up NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT consumption and emissions. to five times longer than a lead acid option, reducing recycling waste. An investment in more than 30 Hydrogen fuel cells offer a 33-percent lithium-ion battery powered forklifts savings in greenhouse gas emissions will result in an average energy compared to lead acid batteries savings of 16 percent per truck. charged from the electrical grid.
CURRENT GREEN INITIATIVES ❱❱ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT ❱ ❱ Alternative fuels/energy sources Yale is one of the largest ❱ ❱ Reuse/recycling program volume producers of zero- ❱ ❱ Reduce energy usage emissions electric lift trucks ❱ ❱ Energy-efficient lighting in North America.
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