For its next data update, SEKO Logistics will be using a system designed by the SmartWay Transportation Partnership, a collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the logistics industry, to assess the environmental energy efficiency of goods moving through SEKO’s supply chain.
By signing with the SmartWay Partnership, SEKO now has more robust analytics and report data to better manage its carrier relationships, said Rick Lee, chief operating officer, USA, for SEKO. The partnership, he added, will allow the 3PL “to focus more on the carriers that are investing in their future with more modern and fuel efficient fleets.”
SmartWay was developed jointly in early 2003 with the assistance of various industry stakeholders, environmental groups, American trucking associations, and Business for Social Responsibility. The partnership currently has more than 3,000 partners, including shippers, logistics companies, truck, rail, barge and multimodal carriers, which rely on SmartWay tools and approaches to track and reduce emissions and fuel use from goods movement.
So far, the partnership’s members have saved of 144.3 million barrels of oil, US$20.6 billion in fuel costs, 61.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, 1 million tonnes of nitrogen oxides and 43,000 tonnes of particulate matter – the equivalent of removing 13 million cars from the road.