Transportation & Logistics

Transportation and logistics companies, including those in the Air Delivery and Freight Services, Airline, Shipping, Railroad, and Trucking Sectors, share common global challenges in terms of business sustainability. The broad geographic reach in transportation, crossing hundreds to thousands of federal, state / provincial, and local regulatory jurisdictions, is daunting for both regional and global service providers. At the same time, EHS resources are increasingly tight, since few companies seem to be adding staff to address the proliferating requirements.

ESS has substantial experience in your industry, reflected in our products and solutions to help achieve excellence in EHS and protect your social license to operate.

Challenges & Solutions

	Industry Challenge	ESS Solution
	Operations in many countries. Operations personnel need to be able to work in their native language for data submittal, using a scaleable IT solution which can be extended from a single facility to hundreds or thousands of facilities worldwide.	Language Support
	Environmental and Safety Compliance for Fleet Maintenance Operations. Transportation equipment requires maintenance, and that involves parts cleaning, stripping, coating, and other processes that generate solid waste, air emissions, wastewater and other regulated emissions. These processes also have inherent employee hazards requiring control. There are a myriad of regulatory requirements to track and manage across the EHS domain, as well as regulatory reports to be submitted. These activities can be streamlined and supported with an IT management system.	Environmental Compliance and Health and Safety
	Dangerous Goods Regulations. Ensuring that declared dangerous goods are shipped properly and that undeclared dangerous goods are not transported is key to the safety of transportation and logistics operations. A management approach including written programs, training of employees and customers, and audits / inspections is necessary.	Chemical Inventory, Compliance Manager, MSDS Manager, Training
	Emergency Planning and Response. Despite your best efforts, bad things can happen. Minimizing the impacts of a crisis event and recovering to normal operations quickly is critical, and this is best done by bringing your overall crisis management program together under one umbrella with our application.	Crisis Management
	Global Climate Change. Transportation of goods and people is energy intensive as a result of fossil fuel consumption. Regulatory programs driven by the Kyoto Protocol, such as Phase 2 of the EU ETS program, are beginning to include CO2 emissions.	GHG/Carbon Management
	Chemical Inventory and Waste Management. Tracking the issue, movement, and use of chemicals, and the resulting waste streams, is a logistics challenge for operations and maintenance. An IT management solution is necessary for establishing the operational control over these processes needed for sound management of these issues.	Waste Management, Chemical Inventory
	Ensure refrigerant regulatory compliance with ozone-depleting substance (ODS) and greenhouse gas (GHG) refrigerants, while saving money on skyrocketing prices, and improving system reliability and energy efficiency.	Refrigerant Management

Industry Drivers

	Compliance	Business
	Federal Environmental Agencies (e.g., US EPA, Environment Canada, European Commission DG) GHG Emission Regulations (e.g., EU ETS Phase II) Air Emission Regulations for Ground Operations (e.g., US CAA Title V, US CAA HON) Hazardous Waste Regulations for Ground Operations (e.g., US RCRA Large Quantity Generators) Surface Water Discharge Regulations for Ground Operations (e.g., US NPDES point source and stormwater regulations) Flight Safety Regulations (e.g., Dangerous Goods transportation) Refrigerant Management Regulations including Federal (e.g., US Clean Air Act Title VI) and the State/Provincial level (e.g., California Air Resources Board)	Increasing Cost of Fuel Increasing Local and Global Competition

Selected Clients

	Client	Description
	Delta Airlines	The world’s largest carrier, Delta operates an expansive domestic and international network, spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean. Delta flies to over 332 destinations in 57 countries, across 5 continents and is the only major U.S. carrier that flies to Africa. Customer since 2006.
	Boeing	The largest global aircraft manufacturer by revenue, orders and deliveries, and the second-largest aerospace and defense contractor in the world. Boeing is the largest exporter in the United States. Customer since 2000.
	New York State DOT	Responsible for the development and operation of over 110,000 miles of highways, 5,000 miles of railroads, over 130 mass transit systems, 12 major public and private ports and waterways and 465 public and private aviation facilities in the state of New York. Customer since 1996.