SmartWay Excellence Awardees
EPA's SmartWay Excellence Award recognizes exceptional freight performance among EPA SmartWay Partners.
SmartWay Excellence Awardees lead their industries by improving freight efficiency and contributing to cleaner air throughout their supply chains. The Awardees are chosen from more than 4,000 companies and organizations participating in SmartWay.
2025 Excellence Award Criteria
SmartWay Excellence Awardees are selected based on exceptional environmental performance as demonstrated by their annual freight assessment and emissions tracking tool submissions. Shippers and Truck Carrier Partners, in good standing, are eligible for the SmartWay Excellence Awards. This evaluation process will begin with environmental performance and also consider freight sustainability leadership actions.
EPA recognizes eligible partners in the following categories:
- Shipper Awards
- Carrier Awards
Detailed information on the 2025 SmartWay Excellence Award eligibility is available here:
2025 SmartWay Excellence Awards — EPA Criteria (pdf)
Logistics company, air carrier, barge carrier, and rail carrier Partners, as well as Affiliates, are now eligible for the new SmartWay Profiles in Leadership, a new partnership recognition opportunity.
2024 SmartWay Excellence Awardees
The annual SmartWay Excellence Award honors top shipping (retailers and manufacturers) and top truck carrier Partners for both setting efficiency benchmarks in how they move products and supplies and freight sustainability leadership.
Learn more about Awardees
SmartWay Shipper and Truck Carrier Partners were honored on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 during EPA’s SmartWay’s third virtual Award ceremony.
- Summary: 2024 SmartWay Excellence Awardee Leadership Highlights (pdf) (669 KB, September, 2024, EPA-420-F-24-029)
- Video: 2024 SmartWay Excellence Award Congratulatory Video
- Fact sheet: SmartWay 2024 Multiple Year Awardee (pdf) (184 KB, September 2024, EPA-420-F-24-028)
- Press release: US EPA Recognizes Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance (September 25, 2024)
- Video Recording: 2024 SmartWay Excellence Award Ceremony
- Awardee Photos: Click links below to see full-size images.
2024 SmartWay Excellence Awardee List
| SmartWay Awardee Company Name | Partner Type | Truck Fleet/Shipper Sector | Company/Fleet Size | EPA Region/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Transportation | Truck Carrier | Heavy/Bulk | Large | Canada |
| Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations | Shipper | Industrial Manufacturing | Medium | 4 |
| Canadian Reefers Ltd. | Truck Carrier | Refrigerated | Small | Canada |
| Cargo Transporters | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Medium | 4 |
| Covenant Transport | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Large | 4 |
| Crete Carrier Corporation | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Large | 7 |
| CRST The Transportation Solution Inc | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Medium | 7 |
| D&D Transportation Services Inc | Truck Carrier | Refrigerated | Small | 10 |
| Danny Herman Trucking Inc | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Medium | 4 |
| Discount Tire | Shipper | Retail | Medium | 9 |
| Divine Enterprises, Inc. | Truck Carrier | Refrigerated | Small | 9 |
| Dollar Tree Stores, Inc | Shipper | Retail | Medium | 3 |
| Edgewell Personal Care | Shipper | Consumer Goods | Medium | 7 |
| Elevate Textiles, Inc. | Shipper | Industrial Manufacturing | Small | 4 |
| Forza Transportation Services, Inc | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Medium | 6 |
| Gap Inc. Canada | Shipper | Retail | Small | Canada |
| Gap Inc. USA | Shipper | Retail | Medium | 9 |
| Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP | Shipper | Paper and Lumber | Large | 5 |
| GP Transportation Co | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Medium | 5 |
| Hirschbach Motor Lines | Truck Carrier | Refrigerated | Large | 7 |
| Hogan Transports, Inc. | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Small | 7 |
| Keane Thummel Trucking Inc. | Truck Carrier | Mixed | Small | 7 |
| Kellanova | Shipper | Consumer Goods | Medium | 5 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Shipper | Consumer Goods | Medium | 4 |
| Knight Transportation, Inc. | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Large | 9 |
| Kohl's | Shipper | Retail | Medium | 5 |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | Shipper | Retail | Large | 4 |
| May Trucking Company | Truck Carrier | Refrigerated | Small | 10 |
| McDonald's USA, LLC | Shipper | Limited-Service Restaurants | Medium | 5 |
| Meijer | Shipper | Retail | Medium | 5 |
| Mesilla Valley Transportation | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Large | 6 |
| Mike Frost Trucking, Inc. | Truck Carrier | Refrigerated | Small | 4 |
| Nussbaum Transportation Services, Inc. | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Medium | 5 |
| Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc | Shipper | Food and Beverage | Medium | 1 |
| Paper Transport, LLC | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Medium | 5 |
| Prime, Inc. | Truck Carrier | Flatbed | Large | 7 |
| Royal Trucking Company | Truck Carrier | Mixed | Small | 4 |
| Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions (DTS) | Truck Carrier | Mixed | Large | 4 |
| Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC | Truck Carrier | LTL/Dry Van | Large | 4 |
| Schneider | Truck Carrier | Tanker | Large | 5 |
| Schneider | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Large | 5 |
| Swift Transportation Co. of Arizona, LLC | Truck Carrier | Refrigerated | Large | 9 |
| Swift Transportation Co. of Arizona, LLC | Truck Carrier | TL/Dry Van | Large | 9 |
| The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc | Shipper | Retail | Large | 4 |
| The TJX Companies, Inc. | Shipper | Retail | Medium | 1 |
| Tractor Supply Company | Shipper | Retail | Medium | 4 |
| Trans-West Logistics Inc / Logistiques Trans-West Inc. | Truck Carrier | Refrigerated | Small | Canada |
| Werner Enterprises | Truck Carrier | Intermodal; Dray | Small | 7 |
| Werner Enterprises | Truck Carrier | Van One-Way; TL/Dry Van | Large | 7 |
| Werner Enterprises | Truck Carrier | Dedicated; TL/Dry Van | Large | 7 |
| Western Express, Inc. | Truck Carrier | Mixed | Large | 4 |
Top row (left to right):
Jacob Adams, Arrow Transportation
Scott Daley, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Lovepreet Nagra, Canadian Reefers Ltd.
John Pope, Cargo Transporters
Dan Porterfield, Covenant Transport
Winston Ostergard, Crete Carrier Corporation
Mike Gannon, CRST The Transportation Solution Inc.
Second row (left to right):
Callie Pamplona, D&D Transportation Services Inc.
Carey Pritt, Danny Herman Trucking Inc.
David Davis, Discount Tire
Nick Yarmolyuk, Divine Enterprises, Inc.
Chris Bauman, Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
Brock Niemeyer, Edgewell Personal Care
Charles Stancil, Elevate Textiles, Inc.
Third row (left to right):
Roberto Perez, Forza Transportation Services, Inc
Joe Obermeier, Gap Inc., USA and Gap Inc. Canada
Ken Weber, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
Alex Gorno,GP Transportation Co
Fred Staugh, Hirschbach Motor Lines
Todd Holt, Hogan Transports, Inc.
Dave Zerbe, Keane Thummel Trucking Inc.
Fourth row (left to right)
Matt Rose, Kellanova
Brad Whitson, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Dave Williams, Knight Transportation, Inc.
Jamie Brasington, Kohl's
Joel Esken, Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Omar Cruz, May Trucking Company
Bob Stewart, McDonald's USA, LLC.
Fifth row (left to right)
Dan French, Meijer
Royal Jones, Mesilla Valley Transportation
Heith Frost, Mike Frost Trucking, Inc.
Jeremy Stickling, Nussbaum Transportation Services, Inc.
Rusi Kombalov, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Ben Schill, Paper Transport, LLC.
Justin Kaufman, Prime, Inc.
Billy Milican, President, Royal Trucking Company
Bottom row (left to right)
Steve Martin, Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions
Patrick Sugar, Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC.
Lee Whipp, Schneider
Dave Williams, Swift Transportation Co. of Arizona, LLC.
Sarah Galica, The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Roc Hodges, Tractor Supply Company
Nathan Meisgeier, Werner Enterprises
Robert Stachura, Western Express, Inc.
Top row (left to right):
Chris Gilbert, Company Driver, Arrow Transportation
Brad Blizzard, Gary Powell, Scott Daley, Amber McMillian, Alison Delp, Scott Wells, Haley Hancock, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Meredith Priestly, John Pope, Lamar Dixon, Tim Hawn, Cargo Transporters
Karen Hampton, Dan Porterfield, Covenant Transport
Jacob Stout, Halley Kruse, Winston Ostergard, Shaun Baumhower, Crete Carrier Corporation
Jerry Kilgore, Bret McKinney, Chad Humphrey, CRST The Transportation Solution Inc
Shawn Pamplona, Callie Pamplona, D&D Transportation Services Inc
and Blake Grindstaff, Carey Pritt, Danny Herman Trucking Inc
Second row (left to right):
Dustin Ellis, Jon Zarracina, David Davis, Cheryl Reuss, Benjamin Myers, Discount Tire
Nick Yarmolyuk, Dmitry Chernov, Divine Enterprises, Inc.
Chris Bauman, Cori Purrington, Mike Kindy, Dave Belman, Amy Brown, Dollar Tree Stores, Inc
Tara Kohmetscher, Brock Niemeyer, Tamara Pokol, Edgewell Personal Care
John Barbee, Charles Stancil, Cathy Cook, Elevate Textiles, Inc.
Roberto Perez, Forza Transportation Services, Inc
Joe Obermeier, Carla Donithan, Todd Terrell, Andy Baych, Tim Hemmert, Trade Compliance & Logistics Brand Operations, Gap Inc. USA
Joe Obermeier, Carla Donithan, Todd Terrell, Andy Baych, Tim Hemmert, Trade Compliance & Logistics Brand Operations, Gap Inc. Canada
Third row (left to right)
Ken Weber, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
Fred Staugh, Hirschbach Motor Lines
Todd Holt, Hogan Transports, Inc.
Dave Zerbe, Keane Thummel Trucking Inc.
Kip Biby, Leslie Clark, Erica Askew, Mark Miller, Matt Rose, Mike Bernstein, Jeff VanderMeer, Javier Padilla, Kellanova
Lorie Wirtz, Wendy Meye, Kristin Kim, Martina Eley, Katelyn Maier, Kohl's
Team, Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Clint Warner, Omar Cruz, Scott, May Trucking Company
Margaret Jurineack, Bob Stewart, Max Potthoff, McDonald's USA, LLC
Michael Page, Erika Cutler, Michael Harmon, Alexa Boyd, Dan French, Meijer
George Chasteen, Mesilla Valley Transportation
Mike Frost, Mike Frost Trucking, Inc.
Doug Bradle, Jeremy Stickling, Chris Aranda, Nussbaum Transportation Services, Inc.
Ben Schill, Paper Transport, LLC
Justin Kaufman, Christopher Holtmeyer, Jim Guthrie, Prime, Inc.;
Billy Milican, Royal Trucking Company
Bottom row (left to right):
Raymond Ramu, Matthew Copot, Frederick Holzgrefe, Patrick Sugar, Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC
Rob Reich, Schneider
Ron Guzzi, Sarah Galica, Stephen Shook, Ryan Holden, The Home Depot U.S.A. Inc
Kevin Killebrew, Maddy Selesky, Lindsey Suddarth, Erick Osburn, Tractor Supply Company
Julien Le Roux, Patrick Gagnon, Keven Trepanier, Trans-West Logistics Inc / Logistiques Trans-West Inc.
Shawntell Kroese, Chad Dittberner, Guy Welton, Eric Downing, Werner Enterprises
Jason Rooker, Jeff Angst, Phillip Pierce, Kevin Hines, Western Express, Inc
Past Awardees
2024
- 2024 SmartWay Excellence Award Leadership Highlights (pdf) (668 KB, September 2024, EPA-420-F-24-029)
Older Years
- 2021 SmartWay Excellence Award Leadership Highlights (pdf) (678 KB, November 2021, EPA-420-F-21-061)
- 2020 SmartWay Excellence Award Leadership Highlights (pdf) (678 KB, November 2020, EPA-420-F-20-048)
- 2019 SmartWay Excellence Awardee Leadership Highlights (pdf) (920 KB, October 2019, EPA-420-F-19-061)
- 2018 Carriers Awardees (pdf) (948 KB, October 2018, EPA-420-F-18-016)
- 2018 Shipper and Logistics Company Awardees (pdf) (377 KB, October 2018, EPA 420-F-18-017)
- 2017 Awardees (pdf) (745 KB, October 2017, EPA-420-F-17-018)
- 2016 Shipper and Logistics Company Awardees (pdf)
- 2016 Carrier Awardees (pdf)
- 2015 Shipper and Logistics Leaders (pdf) (1 MB, October 2015, EPA-420-F-15-041)
- 2015 Carrier Leaders (pdf) (1 MB, October 2015, EPA-420-F-15-040)
- 2014 Shipper and Logistics Leaders (pdf) (676 KB, September 2014, EPA-420-F-14-052)
- 2014 Carrier Leaders (pdf) (2 MB, September 2014, EPA-420-F-14-053)
- 2013 Leaders (pdf) (2.7MB, October 2013, EPA-420-F-13-047)
- 2012 Leaders (pdf) (2.9MB, October 2012, EPA-420-F-12-070)
- 2009 Shipper and Logistics Leaders
- 2008 Shipper and Logistics Leaders
- 2007 Shipper and Logistics Leaders
- 2006 Shipper and Logistics Leaders