Celadon Trucking has earned the top score awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for freight carriers that participate in their SmartWay Transport Partnership.

EPA’s SmartWay is collaboration within the freight industry to increase fuel efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.  The partnership aims to reduce between 33-66 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions and up to 200,000 tons of nitrogen oxide emissions per year by 2012. At the same time, the initiative will result in fuel savings of up to 150 million barrels of oil annually, EPA says.

Celadon has earned a Shipper Index Factor of 1.25, which represents outstanding environmental performance.  Only partners with a score of 1.25 are awarded the honor of displaying the SmartWay Transport Partner logo.

The company’s other SmartWay initiatives include installation of auxiliary air heaters on all trucks, equipping trucks and trailers with fuel efficient tires, recalibrating new engines to produce less than 30 grams of Nox at an idle, shortening trailer to tractor gaps to minimize aerodynamic drag, and accelerating new truck purchases planned for the next two years, all of which will include EPA-compliant engines in SmartWay-certified trucks.