SmartWay Truck Carrier Partner Resources
This page has everything you need to get the most out of being a registered SmartWay Truck Carrier.
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On this Page
- Measure your Performance
- View Performance Rankings
- Watch Training Webinars
- Improve your Performance
- Share your Achievements
Measure your Performance
SmartWay Truck Carriers measure, benchmark, and improve their performance on an annual basis.
Make sure to submit your SmartWay Truck Tool by the due date to make sure your shippers and logistics companies can find you and be a SmartWay Truck Carrier in good standing.
Online Truck Tool
Partners access their Truck Tool online in the SmartWay Partner Portal. The tool contains guidance on each page to help you complete and submit your tool. This webpage also contains additional guidance to help you complete your tool submission as well as many useful links and documents.
- If you are an existing partner, access your Online Truck Tool in your SmartWay Partner Portal
- If you are a new Partner, you will need to first complete a SmartWay Carrier Application
Truck Tool User Guides and Example Tools
Use these guides to understand the tool data entry and submission process.
Truck Tools for Small Carriers (Short Form)
Must have 20 or fewer trucks, operate one truck class, use only diesel and/or gasoline fuel, and have no brokerage operations
- 2024 SmartWay Online Truck Tool: Short Form - User Guide U.S. Version 1.0 (Data Year 2023) (pdf) (1.1 MB, January 2024, EPA-420-B-24-001)
- 2024 SmartWay Online Truck Tool: Short Form - Technical Documentation U.S. Version 1.0 (Data Year 2023) (pdf) (3.3 MB, January 2024, EPA-420-B-24-003)
- Example (non-editable) Truck Tool for Small Carriers (Short Form)
Truck Tool (for any truck carrier)
- 2024 SmartWay Online Truck Tool: All Carriers User Guide U.S. Version 1.0 (Data Year 2023) (pdf) (1.0 MB, January 2024, EPA-420-B-24-002) This document gives you a more detailed overview of the tool and what you will need to complete it. Be sure to review the handy worksheets for collecting the necessary information for your company’s tool submission in the appendices before downloading and using the tool.
- 2024 SmartWay Online Truck Tool: All Carriers Technical Documentation U.S. Version 1.0 (Data Year 2023) (pdf) (2.1 MB, January 2024, EPA-420-B-24-004)This document discusses tool data sources, calculations, and issues considered in determining methods employed in the tool.
- Example (non-editable) Truck Tool (for any truck carrier)
View Carrier Performance Rankings
All SmartWay Carrier Partners are ranked by their performance levels. These Microsoft Excel files contain the latest SmartWay Partners fleet ranking categories and emission rates.
- Learn more about SmartWay Carrier Partner Ranking Data
- The performance ranking files are refreshed every Monday afternoon. (For reference purposes only).
You can also view detailed reports and other information about partner performance via the SmartWay Portal.
EPA provides webinars and other training opportunities to help carriers learn how to get more value from the SmartWay program.
Watch Training Webinars
EPA regularly schedules webinars on using the SmartWay tools, unlocking the value of the data, and learning how to improve your fleet’s performance.
SmartDriver Online Driver Training
SmartDriver for Highway Trucking (SDHT) is a free driver training program to help truckers and trucking companies reduce fuel use, cut costs, increase profits, and improve competitiveness. In fact, SDHT is proven to help improve fuel efficiency by up to 35 percent—a significant saving, given today’s fuel prices.
The course focuses on energy-management factors within a driver’s control, such as idling, start/stop techniques, progressive shifting, trip planning, and maintenance. Participants gain greater knowledge of fuel-saving driving techniques that can be put into practice immediately.
Those who complete the training with a mark of at least 80 percent receive a certificate of achievement.
- Enroll in free online SmartDriver training to become a more efficient driver.
Improve your Performance
Optimizing fuel economy and operational efficiency is key to improving your performance as a SmartWay Truck Carrier. Truck Carriers have a variety of technology and operational strategies available to improve fuel efficiency and environmental performance. The best source for the most up-to-date information about these strategies is your professional associations.
Heavy-Duty Truck Electrification Resource for Fleets
This new SmartWay web page provides several links to tools and resources available to trucking companies, fleet managers and drivers that are considering the potential impact of electrification on their operations. The page is organized by topics of interest to fleets including links to calculators that can help assess the costs of investing in electric trucks. It also provides links to guidance materials, incentives, and grant programs. These resources can be used to help make a decision on whether it might make sense to invest in electric trucks, as well as the charging infrastructure, supplies and other equipment needed to support electrification.
Strategies for Efficiency
- Overview of Carrier Strategies (pdf) (182 K, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-049)
- Idle Reduction for Truck Carriers and Shippers
- Fact sheets about each strategy:
- Automatic Tire Inflation Systems (pdf) (289 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-018)
- Driver Training (pdf) (197 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-019)
- Hybrid Powertrain Technology (pdf) (172 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-020)
- Idle Reduction (pdf) (206 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-021)
- Improved Aerodynamics (pdf) (179 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-022)
- Improved Freight Logistics (pdf) (183 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-023)
- Intermodal Shipping (pdf) (193 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-024)
- Longer Combination Vehicles (pdf) (179 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-025)
- Low Rolling Resistance Tires (pdf) (140 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-026)
- Low Viscosity Lubricants (pdf) (175 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-027)
- Maintaining Proper Tire Inflation Pressure (pdf) (181 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-028)
- Reducing Highway Speed (pdf) (153 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-029)
- Weight Reduction (pdf) (175 KB, August 2019, EPA-420-F-19-030)
Small Carrier Information
- How SmartWay Benefits Small Fleets (pdf) (558 KB, EPA420-F-13-012, February 2013)
- SmartWay and Small Business: Fact Sheet (jpdf) (134 KB, EPA420-F-13-013, February 2013)
Professional Association Links
Industry trade associations are a great resource for the most up-to-date information about these strategies.
- American Trucking Associations (ATA) is a trade association for the trucking industry, providing education on highway safety, security, environmental sustainability, and other issues.
- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is a trade association for individuals that own and operate their own trucking businesses.
Share your Achievements
EPA encourages SmartWay Partners to share their achievements and participation in the SmartWay program with their customers, clients, stakeholders, and stockholders. There are several ways Partners highlight achievements:
Best Practice Guidance: Read this page for guidance on how to communicate your participation in the Partnership.
Featured Partner Profiles: EPA frequently develops profiles of SmartWay Partners that provide examples of effective freight supply chain sustainability measures.
- If you have a strategy, policy, or solution to a significant freight sustainability challenge that you would like to share with your industry, email your interest (smartway_transport@epa.gov) with the subject line "Interested in becoming a Featured Partner" to be considered.