Safety First
culture |  |
Creating a "safety first" culture. Unsafe operations are not sustainable. This safety
culture helps protect both economic health and the motoring publics' wellbeing |
Shipment
conversion |  |
Converting over-the-road shipments to intermodal shipments (saving over 200
gallons of fuel and two tons of carbon gas emissions per shipment on average) |
Empty mile
reduction |  |
Reducing empty miles run between each shipment hauled |
Engine idling
reduction |  |
Reducing tractor engine idling through driver incentive programs and
on-board equipment like direct-fired heaters and auxiliary power units. |
Top speed
governing |  |
Governing top speeds on company-owned equipment to maximize fuel
efficiency and safety performance |
Mileage
optimization |  |
Reducing total miles run by calculating the most safe, direct path from
origin to destination and monitoring compliance with the "best" route |
| Friendly fuels |  |
Burning bio-diesel fuels when available and appropriate |
| Smart-quipping |  |
Equipping tractors with aerodynamic body moldings and fuel-efficient drive lines |
| Efficiency training |  |
Training drivers via simulators to drive in the most fuel-efficient manner |
| On-the-go RFID |  |
Utilizing radio frequency identification methods to bypass certain
en-route stops (weigh stations and toll booths primarily) |
| Cool TransportTM |  |
Developing Cool TransportTM
, an industry-first carbon-neutral transportation
service designed by J.B. Hunt Transport and BlueSource, LLC. This new service
combines offsetting verified emission reduction (VER) credits with existing J.B. Hunt
transportation offerings to create carbon-neutral transportation solutions |
