Heavy Duty Trucking, November 2018

HDT NOVEMBER 2018 54 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM G D Integrated Morton Illinois Its all about biodiesel for G D which provides transportation freight brokerage contract logistics and supply chain services with about 450 vehicles The company is an inaugural member of the B20 Club a group of Illinois based organizations with strong commitments to run fleets on biodiesel blends of 20 or more It recently worked with the Illinois Soybean Association on a video about the benefits of biodiesel Over 66 of the fuel G D uses in its Illinois fleets is biodiesel in excess of 16 million gallons annually This results in the reduction of 1200 pounds of particulate matter per year Giant Eagle Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Giant Eagle Inc is one of the nations largest food retailers and distributors It was an early adopter of EPA 2010 emissions trucks in 2007 and in 2011 unveiled its first two compressed natural gas fueling stations Today the grocery chain has a total of 121 compressed natural gas vehicles 63 of its total distribution fleet The company is working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Kenworth and other partners to expand that CNG fleet by an additional 20 tractors powered by the Cummins Westport ISX12N compressed natural gas engine Hirschbach Motor Lines Dubuque Iowa With 1500 heavy trucks the for hire carrier has earned the EPA SmartWay Excellence Awards three years running and was the 2017 Food Logistics Green Fleet It was a participant in the 2017 Run on Less fuelefficiency demo put on by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency and Operations Support Manager John Vesey is on NACFEs Technical Advisory Committee Hirschbach specs a very light and fuel efficient tractor and trailer able to carry more freight per gallon of fuel The late model equipment is equipped with aero packages APUs Flow Below aero tandem fairings and Eco Flaps Hirschbach recently added skirts and aero Giant Eagle is working to expand its compressed natural gas powered fleet Hirschbach Motor Lines specs a very lightweight and fuel efficient tractor and trailer M M Cartage has been honored for its green efforts by the Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition dynamic mudflaps to trailers as well Drivers are incentivized to reduce idle stick to optimized routes and fuel at biodiesel friendly vendors Last year it tested solar on reefer trailers and tractors a new oil for increased lubricity and heat exchange and automaticdeploying trailer boat tails M M Cartage Louisville Kentucky Last year M M was named Greenest Freight Fleet Under 500 Trucks of the Bluegrass by the Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition Out of nearly 200 trucks 92 are powered by compressed natural gas and it expects to reach 100 by the end of the year In partnership with Kentuckiana Clean Fuel M M operates CNG fuel stations in Louisville and Sharonville Ohio The company is on its fifth year of calculating greenhouse gas emissions using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and reporting those emissions to the Carbon Disclosure Project In 2017 its tractors traveled 2095 million miles 32 of those using CNG up from 25 the previous year M M Cartages campus uses LED lighting geothermal heating and air conditioning radiant floor heating and other energy efficient measures Its adding solar panels with the goal of becoming a net zero energy and zero landfill facility Matheson Trucking Sacramento California Out of 245 vehicles this U S postal contractor runs 70 powered by natural gas 12