GO - Green Operators

GO History  

The Green Operators (GO) Program provides rebates to retrofit older vehicles with more emmision-efficient engines and recognizes partners for setting and achieving goals for reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases associated with the transport of goods. 

GO Overview

The Green Operators (GO) program builds on the Virginia Port Authority's previous effort to clean up drayage trucks serving its Port of Virginia facility. The GO program provides incentives to retrofit older vehicles with more emission-efficient engines and recognizes partners for setting and achieving goals for reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases associated with the transport of goods. GO partners include both carriers and shippers, each doing their part to clean up the air.

GO has received an economic boost from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality which has committed to provide limited matching funds to fleets that clean up their fleets through. The state's funding was made possible by the US Environmental Protection Agency National Clean Diesel Program.

More about the Green Operator (GO) Program

Overview
Rebate Program Application Instructions
Rebate Agreement
Request for Rebate Form
GO Trucking Companies Fact Sheet

Green Operator Managing Partners
Virginia Port Authority, www.portofvirginia.com
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, http://www.deq.virginia.gov/
US Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.epa.gov/
Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association, http://www.marama.org/
Virginia Clean Cities, http://www.hrccc.org/

 

Green Operator (GO) Participants

  • Andy's Trucking - Robert Doyan, President
    Local Operations: Keysville, VA 
    Contact (424) 736-2429

    Andy's Trucking was the first trucking company to participate in Green Operator program, joining at the inception in 2007.  Andy's Trucking is an independent business located in Keysville, VA.
  • Evans Delivery Company, Inc. - Bert Evans, President
    Headquarters: Schuykill Haven, PA 
    Contact (570) 385-9048
  • Century Express - Ed O'Callaghan, President
    Local Operations: Suffolk, VA
    Contact (757) 923-0037

    The Evans Network of Companies is a market-leading logistics partner with revenues over $150 million with six divisions: West Motor Freight, All Points Transport Corp., Hale Intermodal Trucking, Century Express, Evans Delivery Company and DM Transportation Management Services. The Evans Network has a fleet of over 1,350 tractors and 80 terminals throughout the country, providing transportation services in the intermodal, flatbed and van trucking markets. Evans Delivery Company and Century Express have taken a leadership role with their commitment to retrofit 56 independent owner-operator trucks under the GO program. Under their direction, 35 trucks in the Hampton Roads area have been retrofitted with diesel muffler filters and diesel oxidation catalysts. Evans and Century Express have been instrumental in promoting the program to other interested trucking companies in the area as well as other ports throughout the country.
  • GILCO Trucking - Shirley Roebuck, General Manager
    Local Operations: Portsmouth, VA
    Contact (757) 398-0679

    GILCO Trucking ships a wide range of goods for the Port of Virginia.  As of January 2010, 11 owner-operated trucks have been retrofitted by Gilco.
  • C & K Intermodal Trucking - Mike Burton, President
    Headquarters: Chicago Ride, IL - Contact (773) 229-2222
    Local Operations: Chesapeake, VA - Contact (757) 382-0001

    The Port’s largest trucking company; C&K focuses its operations in the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast, providing reliable service to and from the railyards and ports. C&K completes over 300,000 moves annually and has demonstrated above-industry revenue growth in each of the last 10 years. C&K has committed to retrofit 21 trucks prior to September 2010.
  • GTL Transport - Danny Glover, President
    Local Operations: Suffolk, VA
    Contact (757) 934-2366

    Established in 1977 to serve the transportation needs of the peanut industry located in Suffolk, Virginia and the surrounding areas, GTL Transport’s current focus is on intermodal drayage, serving the ports and rails of Hampton Roads throughout Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland. GTL has committed to retrofitting 55 trucks prior to September 2010.
  • D. D. Jones Transportation Services, Inc. - Frank Borum, President
    Local Operations: Chesapeake, VA
    Contact (757) 494-0200 OR 1-800-DDJ-4SVS (800-335-4787)

    The D.D. Jones Transportation Services, Inc. company is one of the operating companies within the D.D. Jones, Inc. family that focuses on supporting our customer’s transportation needs. D.D. Jones is committed to the error-free handling of entrusted cargo and services customers of all sizes including Ford Motor Co., TDS-US, Printpack Inc., Stihl Inc., APL Steamship CO., JC Penney, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Electrolux, and International Paper. D.D. Jones has committed to the retrofit of 20 trucks in its fleet by July 2010.