HDT Announces Top 50 Green Fleets of 2014
Heavy Duty Trucking announced its second annual Top 50 Green Fleets at the Green Fleet Conference in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday. A ceremony was held at the conference to honor these fleets for their sustainability efforts in areas such as fuel economy, alternative fuels and emissions.


Heavy Duty Trucking announced its second annual Top 50 Green Fleets at the Green Fleet Conference in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday. A ceremony was held at the conference to honor these fleets for their sustainability efforts.
The Top 50 Green Fleets highlights fleets that are pushing for sustainability and making it a part of their everyday operations, such as improving fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions, using alternative fuels, building green facilities, etc.
Fleets were asked to fill out a short online survey about their vehicles, alternative fuels and other green initiatives. HDT's editors also considered other fleets that were clearly leaders in the field.
Fleets of all sizes, types and vocations were chosen. There will be a more in-depth article highlighting each of these 50 fleets in the November issue of Heavy Duty Trucking.
In alphabetical order, here is a list of Heavy Duty Trucking’s Top 50 Green Fleets for 2014:

AmeriPride Services Minnetonka, Minn.
Anheuser-Busch St. Louis, Mo.
Carbon Express Wharton, N.J.
Cargo Transporters Claremont, North Carolina
Central Freight Lines Waco, Texas
City of Columbus Columbus, Ohio
City of Santa Ana Santa Ana, Calif.
Convenience Transportation/Kwik Trip LaCrosse, Wis.
Con-Way Truckload Joplin, Mo.
C.R. England Salt Lake City
Dillon Transport Burr Ridge, Ill.
Eugene Water & Electric Board Eugene, Ore.
Ever Fresh Farms Transportation Grand Rapids, Mich.
FedEx Express Memphis, Tenn.
FedEx Freight Harrison, Ark.
Florida Power & Light Juno Beach, Fla.
Frito-Lay Plano, Texas
Gordon Trucking Inc. Pacific, Washington
Green Energy Oilfield Services Fairfield, Texas
Halvor Lines Superior, Wis.
Hawaii Electric Light Hilo, Hawaii
H.O. Wolding Amherst, Wis.
Hazmat Environmental Group Buffalo, N.Y.
J.J. Taylor Distributing Florida Fort Myers, Florida
JNJ Express Memphis, Tenn.
Knight Transportation Phoenix, Ariz.
M&M Cartage Louisville, Kentucky
Meijer Logistics Lansing, Mich.
Melton Truck Lines Tulsa, Okla.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Las Cruces, New Mexico
MinStar Transport Eagan, Minn.
Nussbaum Transportation Hudson, Ill.
NFI Cherry Hill, N.J.
NV Energy North Las Vegas, Nevada
Oakhurst Dairy Portland, Maine
Ozinga Bros. Mokena, Ill.
Pacific Gas & Electric San Francisco, Calif.
Paper Transport Green Bay, Wis.
Performance Transportation LLC Rice, Minn.
Prime Inc. Springfield, Mo.
Quest Global Kennesaw, Georgia
RRR Transportation Calhoun, Georgia
Saddle Creek Transportation Lakeland, Fla.
Schneider Green Bay, Wis.
Staples Framingham, Mass.
Southeastern Freight Lines Columbia, S.C.
UPS Atlanta, Ga.
Walmart Bentonville, Ark.
Waste Management Houston, Texas
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