About Pine Logistics

USDOT 2208011 · MC 766135 · Authorized for Hire · Woburn, Massachusetts · 48-State Coverage

How we move freight matters as much as what we move.

Pine Logistics LLC is a Massachusetts-based carrier serving the continental United States. We built this company on a simple premise: a truck that is maintained correctly, driven by a rested professional, and dispatched honestly is safer, cleaner, and more profitable than one that is not. Everything below is how we hold ourselves to that.

01 — Our Code of Ethics

Ethics come before operations.

Profitability that depends on cutting corners is not profitability — it is deferred liability. In trucking, the bill always comes due: in a failed inspection, a violation on a driver's record, a preventable crash, or a shipper who never calls again.

Our ethical framework is not aspirational language for a website. It is the standard our dispatch, maintenance, and compliance decisions are measured against every day, and it is non-negotiable.

What this commits us to

• Absolute compliance. We operate strictly within Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations. Hours of Service are not negotiated. Logs are not edited. Weight limits are not "close enough."
• No forced dispatch. A driver who says a load is unsafe, or that they are too tired to run it, ends the conversation. There is no penalty, no retaliation, and no quiet reduction in future loads. This right is also protected by federal law under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (49 U.S.C. § 31105), and we treat it as our own policy, not merely a statute we tolerate.
• Financial transparency. Rate confirmations, settlement statements, accessorial charges, and deductions are documented and available for review. No hidden fees for shippers. No surprise chargebacks for owner-operators.
• Honest capacity. We do not accept a load we cannot cover, and we do not promise a delivery window the map and the clock do not support. If we cannot do it, we say so before you plan around us.
• We own our errors. When something goes wrong, you hear it from us first, with what happened, what it costs, and how it is being corrected. Nothing is buried.

02 — Mission, Vision, Values

What we are here to do, and where we are going.

Our Mission

To move freight across the United States securely, on time, and in full compliance — while treating the people who do the work as partners rather than capacity.

We give shippers a carrier whose word holds and whose paperwork is clean. We give drivers and owner-operators the dispatch support, technology, and honest settlements that let them run a real business instead of chasing problems.

Our Vision

To prove that the disciplined carrier wins. Our aim is to be the standard other small and mid-size fleets measure themselves against — where rigorous safety, environmental responsibility, and genuine respect for drivers are shown to be the causes of durable profitability, not costs subtracted from it.

We are building a network that grows through reputation and retention, not turnover.

Our Core Values

03 — Environmental Stewardship

Our responsibility to the air, the water, and the ground we drive on.

Freight transportation is the backbone of the American economy and one of its largest sources of emissions. We are not going to pretend a diesel fleet is carbon neutral. What we can do — and do — is run the cleanest operation the equipment, the fuel, and the regulations allow, and dispose of every byproduct the way federal and state environmental law requires.

Emissions and fuel burn

Emission systems stay intact. Our units run their factory emission control systems — diesel particulate filters (DPF), selective catalytic reduction (SCR), and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) dosing — exactly as the manufacturer built them.

Tampering is a federal Clean Air Act violation and it is an EPA enforcement priority. We will not haul a load behind a deleted truck.

Burning less fuel per mile. Every gallon we do not burn is emissions that never happen. Our fuel-reduction practices are ordinary engineering, applied consistently:

• Idle reduction. Auxiliary power and cab-comfort strategies let drivers rest without idling the main engine, and we comply with state anti-idling limits — including Massachusetts' five-minute rule under 310 CMR 7.11.
• Aerodynamics and tires. Fairings, trailer skirting where applicable, and low-rolling-resistance tires maintained at correct pressure.
• Routing against deadhead. Dispatch plans loads to minimize empty miles, because an empty mile is pure emission with zero freight value.
• Speed and driving discipline. Governed road speed, progressive shifting, and coaching on hard braking and acceleration events.

Maintenance is an environmental control

An engine out of specification burns more fuel and emits more of everything. A leaking seal puts oil on the pavement, and the next rain puts it in a storm drain. We treat preventive maintenance as pollution control, not just uptime management.

• We follow the manufacturer's service schedule. Oil and filter intervals, aftertreatment service, coolant and fuel filtration, valve and injector service, and driveline maintenance are performed to the OEM-published specification for that engine and duty cycle — not stretched to save money.
• Systematic inspection under 49 CFR Part 396. Pre- and post-trip driver vehicle inspection reports, documented repair of every defect, and the mandatory annual periodic inspection. Maintenance records are retained as required.
• Leaks are defects. Any oil, coolant, fuel, or hydraulic leak is a repair order, not a wipe-down. Equipment does not go back on the road dripping.
• Emissions readiness is checked. Fault codes related to aftertreatment are diagnosed and repaired rather than cleared and ignored.

Waste, fluids, and parts disposal

Everything a truck consumes eventually comes back out, and most of it is regulated. Pine Logistics handles maintenance waste through licensed, permitted channels under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and applicable state programs. Nothing is poured out, buried, burned, or put in a dumpster.

Fluids

• Used motor oil is collected and transferred to registered used-oil collection and re-refining services under the 40 CFR Part 279 used oil management standards.
• Used antifreeze and coolant go to licensed recyclers. Because spent coolant can carry heavy metals and may test as hazardous, it is never mixed with used oil or discharged to any drain.
• Solvents, degreasers, and parts-washer fluid are handled by a commercial service that removes and reclaims the spent solvent under a manifest.
• DEF is stored and handled per specification to prevent contamination, and containers are returned or recycled.

Solids and components

• Oil filters are hot-drained, crushed, and sent to scrap metal recycling — the recognized U.S. practice for non-terne-plated heavy-duty filters.
• DPF ash removed during filter cleaning is captured by the servicing facility and disposed of through a licensed waste handler, never blown out into the open.
• Batteries go back through core-return and lead-acid recycling programs, managed as universal waste under 40 CFR Part 273.
• Tires are sent to retreading where casings qualify, and otherwise to permitted scrap tire processors under state scrap-tire programs.
• Scrap metal, brake components, and replaced parts are routed to commercial metal recyclers. Friction material containing regulated substances is handled accordingly.
• Aerosol cans are managed as universal waste rather than thrown in general trash.

Spill prevention and response

Our equipment carries spill containment kits, and drivers are trained to isolate and contain a leak before it reaches soil or storm drainage. Fueling and fluid handling follow spill-prevention practice, and any release that meets a federal or state reportable quantity is reported to the National Response Center and the appropriate state agency without delay. Containment materials used in a cleanup are themselves disposed of as regulated waste.

What we ask of our partners

Most of the environmental impact in this industry sits with independent owner-operators and small shops, and most of them want to do it right — they just get conflicting information. Guidance is part of what our partners get from us.

• We require every owner-operator running under our authority to keep factory emission systems intact. This is a condition of the partnership, not a preference.
• We share the OEM maintenance specification for common power units and expect service intervals to be met and documented.
• We point partners to permitted disposal and recycling options in the regions they run, so "there was nowhere to take it" is never the reason a drum of used oil ends up somewhere it should not.
• We provide practical guidance on idle reduction, tire pressure discipline, and fuel-efficient driving — the same practices that lower their operating cost per mile.
• We flag equipment issues we observe during our own inspections, even when the unit is not ours.

A cleaner industry is not built by one carrier. It is built by every operator in the lane deciding that doing it correctly is simply how the job is done.

Our commitments and the standards they are measured against

04 — Partners and People

Our responsibility to the people who carry the freight.

Logistics is not trucks and freight. It is people who spend weeks away from home operating eighty thousand pounds of equipment in weather, traffic, and deadline pressure. How a carrier treats those people is the most reliable indicator of how it will treat everything else.

Hiring and qualification

Pine Logistics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Hiring and contracting decisions are made on driving record, verified experience, and professional conduct — never on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Our workforce is largely immigrant, and we consider that a strength of the American trucking industry, not a footnote.

• The bar is deliberately high. We review a full ten-year employment and driving history as required under 49 CFR § 391.21, verify prior DOT-regulated employment, and query the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. Applicants who do not meet the standard are told so directly.
• The process is transparent. Background and consumer reports are obtained only with written authorization and the disclosures required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. If information in a report affects a decision, the applicant receives it and has the opportunity to dispute it.
• Applicant data is protected. Driver files contain licenses, medical certificates, and Social Security numbers. Access is restricted to personnel with a compliance need, and retention follows federal requirements. See our Privacy Policy.

Our commitment to owner-operators

Your business stays yours

• No forced dispatch. You choose your lanes and your loads. Declining one does not cost you the next one.
• Rates before commitment. You see what the load pays and what comes out of it before you accept.
• Settlements on schedule. Consistent, documented, and reconcilable against the rate confirmation. Deductions are itemized.
• Written agreements. The lease and the operating terms are in writing, in plain language, and you keep a copy.

Back office that protects your record

• ELD and compliance support. Log issues, malfunctions, and Samsara or toll-account problems are handled by our team, not left on the driver at 2 a.m.
• Your CDL is the asset. We treat administrative errors as our failure to prevent, because a violation follows you long after the load is delivered.
• Roadside and DataQs support. When an inspection result is wrong, we help challenge it rather than telling you to absorb it.
• Honest guidance on cost. Maintenance planning, fuel discipline, and tire management — the numbers that decide whether an owner-operator survives year three.

Health, rest, and wellbeing

Over-the-road driving is physically and mentally demanding, and the industry has historically ignored both. We treat driver health as part of the safety program, because a driver who is exhausted, in pain, or isolated is a safety risk before they are anything else.

• Hours of Service is a health rule. We plan routes so that legal rest is achievable rest — not fourteen hours of driving followed by an unpaid overnight at a dock with nowhere to sleep. Dispatch that cannot be run legally is dispatch we do not send.
• Detention and dock time are real problems. We push back on shippers and receivers who waste a driver's clock, because that time comes directly out of their rest and their income.
• Medical qualification is supported, not policed. We help drivers stay current on DOT physicals and understand what a certification requires, rather than treating an expiring medical card as a surprise.
• Equipment that does not wear the body down. Seating, sleeper condition, and cab climate are maintenance items, not luxuries, on long-haul equipment.
• Isolation is an occupational hazard. Dispatch communicates with patience and respect. A driver who calls with a problem gets a person, not a lecture. We encourage partners to prioritize sleep, food, movement, and family contact over one more hour of driving — and we structure our expectations so that is possible.
• Substance abuse is handled through the DOT process. Testing under 49 CFR Part 382 exists to protect everyone on the road, and the return-to-duty process through a Substance Abuse Professional is a path back, not just a punishment.

Conduct within our network

• Harassment and retaliation are grounds for removal. That applies to staff, drivers, and partners equally, and it applies regardless of who is generating revenue.
• Raising a safety concern is protected. Reporting a defect, an unsafe request, or a compliance problem will never cost anyone work here.
• We support the industry's role against human trafficking. Drivers are the eyes of the highway system; we encourage awareness training and reporting to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
• We do the same for the shippers we serve. Accurate paperwork, honest weights, secured loads, and respect for the people on the dock at both ends.

Questions about how we operate?

Shippers, brokers, and owner-operators are welcome to ask for specifics — our authority status, insurance certificates, safety record, or the terms of a partnership. We would rather answer a hard question now than manage a misunderstanding later.

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