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EPA’s SmartWay® Transport Partnership –
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Overview and Border Issues
Jan. 11, 2006
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Why Do Companies Join the SmartWay
Transport Partnership?
Save Fuel
Save Money
Clean the Air
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What Partners are Saying
• “By designing this program, it shows me and other carriers that
EPA is concerned about our business as well as clean air.”
-- Rick Coomes, President, Coomes, Inc.
• “The very worst thing that'll happen to you is you'll save fuel,
which means you'll make more money.”
-- Dave Berry, Vice Pres., Swift Transportation
• “The SmartWay Transport Partnership has been very helpful in
assessing the value of some of the strategies we have or have
thought of implementing over the next few years.”
-- Pam Mullin, Chief Financial Officer, KBD Transportation
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What is the SmartWay Transport
Partnership?
• Launched February 9, 2004
• 3 Major SmartWay Transport Components:
• Corporate Partnerships – carriers and shippers working to
reduce fuel consumption and emissions.
• National Transportation Idle-Free Corridors – goal to
eliminate unnecessary idling along major transportation routes.
• Rail/Intermodal – promote greater use of appropriate
intermodal strategies.
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What is the SmartWay Transport
Partnership?
• Voluntary partnership between EPA and the freight
industry:
• Developed jointly by EPA and 15 Charter Partners.
• Freight industry interests: reduce fuel consumption, public
recognition, improved public image.
• EPA interests: reduced emissions (CO2, NOx, PM) and
improved energy security.
• No fees to participate.
• Open to companies of all sizes.
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How Does the Partnership Work?
• Carriers (Rail and Truck):
• Agree to work toward improved efficiency and reduced fuel
consumption over a 3 year period.
• Shippers:
• Agree to work toward shipping more of their product with SmartWay
Carrier Partners, as well as improving their operations over a 3 year
period.
• Logistics:
• Agree to work toward shipping more freight with SmartWay Carrier
Partners, as well as bringing more of their contracted carriers into the
Partnership.
• Affiliates:
• Work to promote the Partnership to their members and support the
activities of the Partnership. Texas Motor Transportation Association
and TCEQ are SmartWay Affiliates.
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Selected SmartWay Partners
Texas Carriers
Shippers
H-E-B
Dart Transit Co.
Frito-Lay
Central Freight Lines
Texas DOT
Arrow Trucking Co.
Plains Transportation
BNSF Railway Company
Kansas City Southern
Railway Company
Union Pacific Railroad
H-E-B
J.C. Penney
Dell
Wal-Mart
IKEA
Sharp Electronics
Home Depot
Lowe’s
Tyson Foods
Owens Corning
Nike
Trucking
Associations
Texas
New Jersey
Washington
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Maine
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Minnesota
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The SmartWay Transport Partnership
Today
• 294 Partners – 215 Trucking Carriers, 8 Rail
Carriers, 26 Shippers, 7 Shipper-Carriers, 11
Logistics, 27 Affiliates
• 9 of Transport Topics Top 20 For-Hire Carriers
• Represent nearly 5 percent of the trucking industry, with over
300,000 tractors and 500,000 trailers traveling over 14 billion
miles per year.
• Shippers incorporating SmartWay participation into
carrier hiring decisions
• IKEA North America shipping only with SmartWay Partners.
• Sharp Electronics strongly encouraging carriers to become
Partners.
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How Can Trucking Carriers Achieve
Savings and Meet Goals?
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Idle Reduction
Single Wide Tires
Improved Aerodynamics
Driver Training
Improved Freight Logistics
Automatic Tire Inflation Systems
Reducing Highway Speed
Low Viscosity Lubricants
Intermodal Shipping
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How Can Rail Carriers Achieve Savings
and Meet Goals?
• Idle reduction (automatic start/stop systems or
auxiliary power units)
• Low-emission switchers
• Improved wheel/rail interaction
• Improved aerodynamics
• Potentially retrofit with PM control
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Benefits for Outstanding Performance
• The SmartWay Logo
– Carriers, shippers, and logistics companies who meet
predetermined criteria for outstanding performance are awarded
the SmartWay Transport Partnership logo.
– Logo may be used on corporate materials and advertising to
indicate the company’s use of cleaner transportation.
• The SmartWay Truck
– Developing plans to allow the SmartWay logo to be put on lowemission, high fuel-efficiency trucks.
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Examples of Logo Use by Partners
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Examples of Logo Use by Partners
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Examples of Logo Use by Partners
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Raising Industry and Public Awareness
About SmartWay
• Campaign launched in Dec. 2004.
• Goal of raising awareness of the Partnership among
the carrier and shipper communities, and the public.
• Placements in dozens of publications/outlets.
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SmartWay Technology Financing
Programs and Tools
• Many fleets expressed an interest in investing in fuel
saving equipment, but lack of capital is often cited as
a major barrier.
• SmartWay is attempting to address this issue by
developing a number of innovative financing
programs:
• State loan programs
• National loan programs
• Performance contracting arrangements
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SmartWay Technology Financing
Programs – State Loan Programs
• Some states have existing loan programs through
their small business or environmental offices that are
able to finance SmartWay Upgrade Kits.
• These loan programs are often include terms that are
more attractive than currently available commercial
loans (e.g., low-interest rates, flexible repayment
terms).
• SmartWay is partnering with loan programs in
Arkansas, Minnesota, and Oregon to offer SmartWay
Upgrade Kits and is working to partner with additional
states.
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SmartWay Technology Financing
Programs – National Loan Programs
• Several commercial banks (Wachovia, Wells Fargo)
and other finance organizations have expressed
interest.
• Would be nationally available to trucking companies
of all sizes.
• Might offer below-market rates or preferred terms due
to the environmental benefits of the technologies.
• Exploring working with truck financing programs and
truck purchasing services to incorporate technologies
into the purchase of new or used trucks.
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SmartWay Technology Financing
Programs – Performance Contracting
• Arrangements based on the Energy Service Company
(ESCO) model from the buildings sector.
• ESCOs purchase technologies for use by companies,
with no initial capital outlay required by the company.
• Companies pay a portion of the value of their energy
savings to the ESCO for a pre-determined period of
time.
• SmartWay is planning a pilot project to develop this
concept for the trucking industry.
• Working with a private company, Envirofunding, to
explore making this type of financing widely available
with backing from private investors.
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The SmartWay Technology
Upgrade Kit
• Suite of technologies that result in significant fuel
savings and substantial emission reductions
– Idle Reduction Device (e.g., Bunk Heater or Auxiliary Power
Unit)
– Trailer Aerodynamics
– Aluminum Wheels for Single-Wide Tires
– Emission Control Devices (Diesel Oxidation Catalyst or
Particulate Matter Filter)
• Currently investigating the potential for a SmartWay
Drayage Technology Upgrade Kit.
• Partnering with EPA Region 6 to offer a grant to
evaluate the effectiveness of the Upgrade Kit.
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SmartWay and U.S.-Mexico Border
Issues
• Active program to look at opportunities to reduce emissions from
diesel trucks in the border area.
– Recently hosted a ½-day workshop in El Paso to discuss potential
methods to reduce truck idling at border facilities.
– Investigating possible projects to install technologies or processes
that will reduce wait time for trucks or provide alternatives to idling
while waiting for border inspections.
• Exploring the possible expansion of SmartWay into Mexico.
– Request received from SEMARNAT to provide information and
potential training for a Mexican SmartWay Program.
– Exploring with several SmartWay Shipper Partners the possibility of
expanding their participation to include their Mexican freight
operations.
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For More Information
Michael Zatz
SmartWay Transport Partnership
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 202-343-9035
Fax: 202-343-2800
http://www.epa.gov/smartway
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