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Clarissa Hawes

Clarissa has covered all aspects of the trucking industry for 16 years. She is an award-winning journalist known for her investigative and business reporting. Before joining FreightWaves, she wrote for Land Line Magazine and Trucks.com. If you have a news tip or story idea, send her an email to [email protected] or @cage_writer on X, formerly Twitter.
Apr - 2024 -
17 April
Clarissa Hawes

California carrier and freight brokerage ceasing operations, blames AB5

Family-owned trucking company and brokerage California Intermodal Associates Inc. is ceasing operations after nearly 25 years and blames the state’s independent contractor law.

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15 April
Clarissa Hawes

97-year-old Illinois dairy forced into bankruptcy

A 97-year-old dairy that offers home milk delivery in glass bottles and has scores of ice cream and dairy stores in Illinois and Missouri has filed for bankruptcy protection.

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12 April
Clarissa Hawes

Former Tony’s Express workers, drivers say mismanagement sank company

Former Tony’s Express employees and truck drivers say financial mismanagement by new owner John Ohle led to the trucking company’s collapse.

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04 April
Clarissa Hawes

California trucking company ceases operations after 19 years

A California trucking company has shuttered operations after 19 years of hauling general freight throughout the state.

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02 April
Clarissa Hawes

70-year-old California trucking company, freight brokerage closes abruptly

A California-based less-than-truckload carrier has ceased operations, leaving over 200 truck drivers, warehouse workers and office personnel without jobs or paychecks.

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Mar - 2024 -
29 March
Clarissa Hawes

Jury finds Colorado trucker guilty of vehicular homicide in 2022 crash

A jury found Jesus Puebla, 27, of Denver, guilty of five counts of vehicular homicide after the straight truck he was driving crashed into an SUV carrying a Wyoming family.

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Clarissa Hawes

103-year-old meat producer forced to seek bankruptcy protection

Deli meat producer Freirich Foods claims “temperature abuse” of tons of corned beef at a third-party cold storage facility is the reason it was forced to file for bankruptcy protection.

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25 March
Clarissa Hawes

Shuttered California trucking company files for bankruptcy

A California-based trucking company, which shuttered operations in November after its operating authority was involuntarily revoked, recently filed for bankruptcy liquidation.

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20 March
Clarissa Hawes

DAT blames ‘external forces’ for intermittent service outages

DAT Freight & Analytics says “external forces” caused service disruptions over the past 10 days on the load board’s platform.

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14 March
Clarissa Hawes

Illinois trucking company with 171 drivers files for bankruptcy

An Illinois trucking company with 183 trucks and 171 drivers recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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08 March
Clarissa Hawes

Virginia logistics company files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy

Trucking, logistics and truck stop chains are collectively owed millions of dollars after a Virginia-based logistics firm recently shuttered operations and filed for bankruptcy liquidation.

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06 March
Clarissa Hawes

Qued aims to streamline, automate load scheduling for shippers, carriers

Qued President Tom Curee discusses the company’s new software offering that streamlines and automates load appointment scheduling among shippers, 3PLs and carriers.

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05 March
Clarissa Hawes

Truck driver sentenced for stealing rig hauling Mike’s Hard Lemonade

Truck driver Kelvin Garcia Liriano, 28, of New Rochelle, New York, was sentenced to six months in prison for stealing $33,000 load of Mike’s Hard Lemonade.

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Feb - 2024 -
26 February
Clarissa Hawes

California freight forwarder files for bankruptcy

Trucking, logistics and factoring companies are collectively owed millions of dollars after a California-based freight forwarder filed for bankruptcy liquidation.

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23 February
Clarissa Hawes

Feds charge Illinois trucking company owner in alleged CDL fraud

Federal prosecutors have charged the owner of an Illinois trucking company in an elaborate scheme to help applicants cheat on CDL exams by using hidden microphones and earpieces.

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22 February
Clarissa Hawes

Texas factoring company files for bankruptcy liquidation

Texas-based factoring company Genesis Network Telecom filed for bankruptcy liquidation on Wednesday.

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16 February
Clarissa Hawes

Motive countersues fleet tech rival Samsara over patent infringement

Fleet telematics provider Motive Technologies filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging Samsara Inc. copied and used its proprietary technology and patents.

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15 February
Clarissa Hawes

Utah trucking group owners convicted in FedEx Ground fraud scheme

Two owners of a Utah trucking group were recently convicted for their roles in a pay-to-play fraud scheme that siphoned more than $108 million from FedEx Ground.

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13 February
Clarissa Hawes

Ohio trucking owner pleads guilty to wire fraud

The owner of an Ohio trucking company pleaded guilty to wire fraud, admitting his role in a scheme to overbill shippers and consolidate shipments headed for Amazon warehouses and Bath & Body Works stores.

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02 February
Clarissa Hawes

Georgia-based trucking company files for bankruptcy

A Georgia-based trucking company, Newsome Trucking, which has 60 drivers and 33 power units, recently filed for bankruptcy protection.

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01 February
Clarissa Hawes

Penske Logistics slashes over 200 truck driver and warehouse jobs

A major logistics company filed paperwork this week stating that it plans to cut more than 200 truck driver and warehouse jobs at its facilities in Washington and Oregon by March 31.

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Jan - 2024 -
30 January
Clarissa Hawes

Feds charge Massachusetts state troopers in alleged CDL bribery scheme

Federal investigators have charged two current and two former Massachusetts State Police (MSP) troopers, along with two others, alleging the six traded favors in exchange for giving passing scores to certain applicants in a fraudulent commercial driver’s license (CDL) scheme.

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26 January
Clarissa Hawes

Texas trucking company files for bankruptcy days before wrongful death trial

A Texas-based trucking company has filed for bankruptcy liquidation four days before a wrongful death civil trial filed by the family of one of its former drivers who drowned in 2016 was slated to start in El Paso County, Texas.

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25 January
Clarissa Hawes

Ex-Slync CEO Chris Kirchner guilty of wire fraud, money laundering

Ex-Slync CEO Christopher Kirchner was found guilty Thursday of four counts of wire fraud and seven counts of money laundering following a four-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District in Fort Worth, Texas.

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24 January
Clarissa Hawes

Tech battle: Samsara sues Motive Technologies for patent infringement, false advertising

Fleet telematics provider Samsara Inc. (NYSE: IOT) filed suit against rival Motive Technologies in federal court Wednesday, alleging Motive, formerly KeepTruckin, copied and used its proprietary technology and engaged in false and misleading advertising.

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19 January
Clarissa Hawes

Ex-Roadrunner trucker sentenced in $112K fraud scheme

A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to supervised release and six months of house arrest for his role in a scheme to defraud the trucking company where he worked out of more than $112,000.

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12 January
Clarissa Hawes

Chicago-based Coyote Logistics cuts sales, operations jobs

Freight brokerage Coyote Logistics has slashed an unspecified number of jobs in its sales and operations divisions.

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Clarissa Hawes

Medical logistics company divesting trucking, cross-dock operations

TruBlu Logistics is divesting its private long-haul fleet and will transition cross-dock shuttle operations to another company, affecting over 600 trucking jobs.

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09 January
Clarissa Hawes

Digital brokerage Uber Freight slashes jobs

Digital freight brokerage Uber Freight confirmed Tuesday it was forced to cut a number of jobs in order to align with its “continued commitment to drive sustainable growth.”

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Clarissa Hawes

Shuttered California trucking company files for Chapter 7

A California-based third-party logistics company, which had 34 power units and 33 drivers, filed for bankruptcy liquidation on Thursday.

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02 January
Clarissa Hawes

Bankruptcies, fraud and a missing trucker: Key trucking stories in 2023 

The demise of Yellow Corp. dominated headlines after the carrier filed for bankruptcy protection in August. A lot of smaller carriers and brokerages also called it quits in 2023.

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Dec - 2023 -
21 December
Clarissa Hawes

Wife of Iowa trucker seeks answers a month after his disappearance

It’s been a month since Sarah Schultz last saw her truck driver husband, David. “Any scenario you could run through your head is probably a possibility,” the Sac County sheriff said.

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13 December
Clarissa Hawes

Security, customer benefits key to buy-or-build TMS dilemma

Walter “Mitch” Mitchell, CEO of Tai Software, urges freight brokers to build their businesses in areas that benefit customers before deciding whether to buy or build a TMS platform.

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08 December
Clarissa Hawes

Postal contractor Matheson Trucking shuttering operations after 60 years

Postal Service contractor Matheson Trucking and wholly owned subsidiaries Matheson Flight Extenders and Matheson Postal Services of Sacramento are winding down operations after six decades in business.

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06 December
Clarissa Hawes

Ex-Roadrunner dispatch manager sentenced to 18 months for wire fraud

A federal judge has sentenced Amy Shepherd, 44, of Wichita, Kansas, to 18 months in prison for stealing nearly $113,000 from the trucking company where she worked for nearly three years.

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04 December
Clarissa Hawes

VC-backed CloudTrucks exits factoring business to focus on core offerings

CloudTrucks CEO Tobenna Arodiogbu has announced that his company is exiting the factoring business and will be transitioning its current customers to RTS Financial in the coming weeks to focus on its core business offerings, Virtual Carrier and Flex.

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Nov - 2023 -
29 November
Clarissa Hawes

Michigan trucking fraudster sentenced to 17 years for $40M Ponzi scheme

Franklin Ray was sentenced to 212 months in federal prison for his role in multiple fraud schemes, including bilking investors out of $40 million in a truck investment venture.

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27 November
Clarissa Hawes

Postal Service seeks Operation Santa volunteers to deliver gifts to needy families

The U.S. Postal Service is seeking helpers to ensure needy children and families have gifts under the tree on Christmas morning through its Operation Santa program.

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22 November
Clarissa Hawes

Covenant Logistics to pay $700,000 to settle discrimination allegations

A Tennessee-based trucking and logistics company has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that it discriminated against noncitizen workers when checking their permission to work in the U.S.

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Clarissa Hawes

Postal Service contractor to cut 450 jobs, close 2 facilities in California

Amid an ongoing financial dispute with the U.S. Postal Service, Matheson Flight Extenders plans to lay off more than 450 employees by Dec. 15 and close its mail sorting facilities in California.

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17 November
Clarissa Hawes

CEO fails to pay employees, carriers after Elite Transit collapse

Former Elite Transit Solutions employees say when they raised concerns to CEO Michael D. Johnson about carriers not being paid or suddenly being blocked from posting freight on one of the country’s largest load boards, he “always had an answer for everything.”

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08 November
Clarissa Hawes

China’s COVID policy showed global supply chain’s fragility

Leland Miller, CEO of China Beige Book, spoke with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller about ongoing supply chain issues, geopolitical tensions and financial risks in China at F3: Future of Freight Festival on Wednesday.

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07 November
Clarissa Hawes

Montana-based brokerage, trucking affiliate file for bankruptcy liquidation

Meadow Lark Agency and its affiliate, Meadow Lark Transport, filed for bankruptcy liquidation Monday, owing around 120 former employees almost $800,000 and nearly 1,300 trucking companies about $2.7 million.

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06 November
Clarissa Hawes

Twin Express equipment going on auction block after $19M loan default

An online auction is slated for Tuesday to sell the assets of Minnesota-based Twin Express Inc., which had more than 70 power units, after the trucking company defaulted on a $19 million loan.

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04 November
Clarissa Hawes

Pennsylvania brokerage lays off nearly 65 employees, sources say

Approximately 65 employees for Pittsburgh-based Elite Transit Solutions were laid off via Microsoft Teams on Friday. This is the second round of job cuts the freight brokerage has experienced over the past month; about 20 employees were let go on Oct. 20 because of the “current economic situation,” according to sources familiar with the layoffs.

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Oct - 2023 -
27 October
Clarissa Hawes

‘Fraud, theft and abuse’ force Texas freight brokerage to shut down

After 12 years at the helm of the freight brokerages he founded and bootstrapped in 2011 — SEL Supply Chain Solutions (SELSCS) of Fort Worth, Texas — CEO Dennis Martin says he is winding down operations.

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23 October
Clarissa Hawes

Amid legal woes, Slync seeks alternative to bankruptcy, winds down operations

While logistics visibility platform provider Slync had hoped that new management and a $24 million cash infusion in February would be enough to save the FreightTech company after its former CEO was indicted on fraud charges, the company is proceeding with an alternative option to a traditional bankruptcy and plans to wind down operations and sell off its technology.

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19 October
Clarissa Hawes

Family-owned California trucking company ceasing operations after 95 years

A third-generation family-owned trucking company and brokerage — Certified Freight Logistics, headquartered in Santa Maria, California — is ceasing operations on Saturday after 95 years, citing “falling freight rates and reduced volume.”

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18 October
Clarissa Hawes

Flock Freight CRO Orlando Baeza departs after 8-month tenure

FreightTech company Flock Freight’s chief revenue officer has departed after eight months. The company also is cutting positions on its social and creative teams.

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12 October
Clarissa Hawes

40-year-old Montana trucking company, freight brokerage shutters operations

A 40-year-old Montana trucking company and freight brokerage has shuttered operations, leaving nearly 275 truck drivers and office personnel without jobs.

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11 October
Clarissa Hawes

Truckers: Shuttered Sunset Logistics still owes final paychecks, escrow

Owner-operators say Titan Transportation Services Inc., doing business as Sunset Logistics, still hasn’t refunded their $1,000 in escrow or maintenance account funds that were withheld from their paychecks after the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based company abruptly ceased operations on Sept. 29.

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06 October
Clarissa Hawes

Michigan-based Sunset Logistics abruptly ceases operations

About 90 truck drivers and office personnel who worked for Titan Transportation Services Inc., doing business as Sunset Logistics of Grand Rapids, Michigan, say they are owed their final paychecks and escrow after receiving a string of emails from company executives notifying them that the trucking company was closing its doors.

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Clarissa Hawes

Name of trucker fatally shot by Oklahoma trooper still not released

Investigators still haven’t released the name of a truck driver who was fatally shot by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper during a traffic stop that turned “physical” on the Turner Turnpike in Creek County on Sept. 20.

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04 October
Clarissa Hawes

Judge rules TQL owes thousands of former employees overtime pay

A federal judge has ruled that Total Quality Logistics — the second-largest freight brokerage in the U.S. — violated federal law and owes overtime pay to thousands of former employees who worked more than 40 hours a week.

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Clarissa Hawes

2023 Shipper of Choice profile: The TJX Cos.

The TJX Cos., headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, is a global leader in off-price apparel and home fashions, including its T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods stores, has been named a Shipper of Choice.

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02 October
Clarissa Hawes

New details emerge after woman found dead in NJ trucker’s rig

A new report is offering more details about what led investigators to file murder charges against a New Jersey truck driver after a woman was found dead on the floorboard of his tractor-trailer in Maryland.

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Sep - 2023 -
26 September
Clarissa Hawes

FTC, 17 states file antitrust suit against Amazon

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed suit against Amazon.com on Tuesday, alleging the e-commerce giant used its monopoly power to “inflate prices, degrade quality and stifle innovation for consumers and businesses.”

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25 September
Clarissa Hawes

85-year-old Indiana trucking company files for Chapter 11

An 85-year-old Indiana-based trucking and logistics company and its affiliates recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection less than nine months after it was acquired by private-equity firm Transport Acquisitions.

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22 September
Clarissa Hawes

Truck driver fatally shot in Oklahoma traffic stop

Few details have been released two days after a truck driver was fatally shot by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) trooper during a traffic stop that turned “physical” on the Turner Turnpike in Creek County.

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21 September
Clarissa Hawes

Covenant Logistics’ VP outlines strategies to meet emissions targets

Covenant Logistics Group’s Matt McLelland said at FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit on Thursday that his company’s sustainability plan includes fleet initiatives to reduce idle percentage and increase miles per gallon.

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20 September
Clarissa Hawes

Mississippi trucking company to pay $482,000 for PPP scheme

A federal judge has ordered a Mississippi trucking company and its owner, Xavier Bailey, to pay more than $482,000 after finding Bailey made false statements in order to obtain funds through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

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15 September
Clarissa Hawes

Former drivers for Ameritrans Express owed millions of dollars in unpaid wages

Lisa Celli was excited to start her first day on Jan. 5 as a contractor delivering mail for the U.S. Postal Service in the small unincorporated town in California where she and her husband live. However, less than 24 hours after finishing her first route for Ameritrans Express, she received an alarming email stating the contract delivery company was taking “drastic action.”

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14 September
Clarissa Hawes

Moms urge federal regulators to mandate side underride guards

Turning grieve into advocacy, mothers Marianne Karth and Lois Durso are pushing for mandatory side underride guards be added to tractor-trailers. On Thursday, they read the names of nearly 750 victims of underride crashes at DOT headquarters in Washington.

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11 September
Clarissa Hawes

Trucker remembers time at ground zero on anniversary of 9/11

On the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, truck driver Russell Vereen reflects on the 205 days he spent working at a refrigerated trailer morgue at ground zero, ensuring the trailers were fueled and running and storing the remains that medical personnel worked tirelessly to identify.

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Clarissa Hawes

On 9/11 anniversary, trucker remembers hauling WTC steel

Truck driver Tim Philmon, along with millions of Americans, marked the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Monday by remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died that day.

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Aug - 2023 -
31 August
Clarissa Hawes

Postal Service contractor to cut 1,000 jobs, close facilities in 3 states

U.S. Postal Service contractor Matheson Flight Extenders (MFE) filed paperwork Thursday stating that it plans to eliminate 305 jobs and close its sorting facility in Chicopee, Massachusetts, by the end of October, bringing to about 1,000 the total job cuts it has announced in recent days.

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29 August
Clarissa Hawes

Nonprofit group en route with critical supplies ahead of Hurricane Idalia

Several tractor-trailers loaded with critical disaster-relief supplies provided by the nonprofit group Convoy of Hope are en route to staging areas Tuesday as Hurricane Idalia barrels toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.

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28 August
Clarissa Hawes

Steel mill ordered to pay $4.6M to trucking company, affiliate

Ohio-based Republic Steel has been ordered to pay nearly $4.6 million to Pennsylvania-based Beemac Trucking and Deemac Services after a federal jury determined the steel mill breached its contract by failing to pay the companies millions of dollars in outstanding invoices.

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21 August
Clarissa Hawes

Former North Carolina trucking company employee accused of embezzling over $900K

A federal grand jury has indicted a former employee of a North Carolina-based trucking company, alleging she defrauded her employer of more than $900,000.

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18 August
Clarissa Hawes

Postal service contractor cutting 660 jobs 

U.S. Postal Service contractor Matheson Flight Extenders (MFE), which operates 44 mail sorting and terminal handling services across the country, filed paperwork this week stating that it plans to cut more than 660 jobs at two of its facilities in Atlanta and in Brandywine, Maryland, by Oct. 15.

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17 August
Clarissa Hawes

Data key to tackling forecasting challenges 

The supply chain must be nimble to adapt to changing consumer and economic demands.

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03 August
Clarissa Hawes

Werner driver survives kidnapping, deadly shootout when his rig is stolen

Two suspects were killed after a truck driver for Werner Enterprises was taken hostage while parked in his rig at an Ohio truck stop early Wednesday.

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Clarissa Hawes

Truckers deal with fallout after fraudsters steal DOT numbers

Owner-operators Toni and Chris Murphy of New Egypt, New Jersey, said it’s been hard to fight back against an invisible tech-savvy fraudster who stole their trucking company’s identity.

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Jul - 2023 -
28 July
Clarissa Hawes

Surge Transportation sought buyer prior to filing for bankruptcy

After experiencing two years of record growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacksonville, Florida-based Surge Transportation, a digital freight brokerage, sought to find a buyer and slashed its rates nearly a year before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday.

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25 July
Clarissa Hawes

Surge Transportation blames bankruptcy filing on sales drop after e-commerce boom

After experiencing record sales growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, digital freight brokerage Surge Transportation says it was forced to file for bankruptcy protection as it was unprepared for the abrupt decline in product demand and soaring shipping costs that rocked the transportation industry in April 2022.

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19 July
Clarissa Hawes

Ensuring compliance with DOT regulations crucial for trucking fleets

FreightWaves’ Anthony Smith and transportation attorney Brandon Wiseman, president of Trucksafe Consulting, discuss some of the top challenges for trucking fleets, including HOS rules, CBD usage and DOT compliance issues, during FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

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Clarissa Hawes

Establishing health care network for truck drivers top priority

Access to health care has always been a challenge for truck drivers. Jeff Seraphine, CEO of Brentwood, Tennessee-based Interstate Health Systems, discusses some of the challenges drivers face and explores potential solutions to address their health care needs.

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18 July
Clarissa Hawes

3rd-party tester sentenced to 2 years in CDL bribery scheme

A former third-party CDL skills tester in Idaho was recently sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a three-year bribery scheme.

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17 July
Clarissa Hawes

Shuttered Georgia trucking company files for Chapter 7

A Georgia-based trucking company, which reported a significant drop in revenue this year compared with the previous two years, filed for bankruptcy liquidation on July 14.

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05 July
Clarissa Hawes

Former mail contractor says he, others owed thousands in back pay

A former driver for Ameritrans Express, a contract delivery company that hauls mail for the U.S. Postal Service, says he and other workers wonder whether they will be paid after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.

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Jun - 2023 -
30 June
Clarissa Hawes

Will truckers answer the call to boycott Florida on Saturday?

As a new Florida immigration law takes effect, some truckers have taken to social media to call for a statewide boycott.

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Clarissa Hawes

DOL investigating Postal Service contractor Ameritrans Express amid bankruptcy filing

Ameritrans Express LLC, a contract delivery service for the U.S. Postal Service, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid claims by some of its contractors that they have not been paid since March.

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28 June
Clarissa Hawes

Carriers owed millions after Mississippi brokerage files for Chapter 7

More than 60 small trucking companies are collectively owed millions of dollars after a Mississippi-based logistics firm folds, files for bankruptcy liquidation.

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22 June
Clarissa Hawes

Supply chain professor says auto industry adapting after chip shortages

Is the semiconductor chip shortage tapering off, and what’s happening with electric vehicles?

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Clarissa Hawes

Marketer advises customer experience focus during freight industry uncertainty

Global marketer Andrew Lark used a racing analogy to compare how freight companies can survive and even grow their businesses during a recession by focusing on customer experience and marketing.

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21 June
Clarissa Hawes

Former NFL star uses motivation from football days to build brokerage

Former NFL star Desmond Clark admits his journey from the gridiron as a 12-year veteran, playing seven years for the Chicago Bears, to starting his own brokerage, Bear Down Logistics, has been challenging but said he was determined to succeed in this tumultuous freight market.

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Clarissa Hawes

Haddock: Updated technology, long-term planning key to customer success 

Rob Haddock, group director of transportation strategy for Coca-Cola North America, has spent his entire career — over 40 years — in all areas of the supply chain but says transportation has always been his passion.

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16 June
Clarissa Hawes

Tiger Cool Express ceases operations amid financial troubles

New details have emerged about Tiger Cool Express’ financial health leading up to the company’s abrupt closure on Tuesday.

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09 June
Clarissa Hawes

Truckers protest in LA after city ends hauling contracts over AB5

Nearly 100 owner-operators protested in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday after receiving letters in late May stating the city was ending their contracts for its As-Needed Haul Truck Program, citing the independent contractor law AB5.

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07 June
Clarissa Hawes

2 former employees charged with bilking $1.4M from carrier MH Group

A federal grand jury recently indicted two former trucking employees of MH Group, alleging the pair orchestrated an elaborate wire fraud scheme to defraud the Texas-based carrier out of $1.4 million.

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01 June
Clarissa Hawes

VC-backed CloudTrucks blames ‘tough freight market’ for layoffs

Like many FreightTech companies that have laid off workers in recent months, CloudTrucks blames the declining freight market for the job cuts.

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May - 2023 -
26 May
Clarissa Hawes

Texas-based trucking company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Peace Equipment LLC, a company headquartered in Edcouch, Texas, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to rising operating costs and reduced income in the trucking industry.

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25 May
Clarissa Hawes

TQL hits ex-broker with 2nd noncompete lawsuit

Since leaving Total Quality Logistics in April 2021, ex-broker Jacob Patterson has been embroiled in a legal battle with the Cincinnati-based freight brokerage over claims that he has violated his noncompete agreement twice in the past two years.

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22 May
Clarissa Hawes

Former employees sue NC-based trucking firm over mass firing

Former employees and truck drivers for FreightWorks LLC claim the Rutherfordton, North Carolina-based truckload carrier violated federal law by failing to give a 60-day advance notice of a planned shutdown before firing nearly 200 workers on March 6.

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09 May
Clarissa Hawes

Lipsey Logistics cites weak freight market for layoffs

Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Lipsey Logistics has confirmed that it was forced to cut a number of jobs as the result of a “constrained and declining freight market.”

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04 May
Clarissa Hawes

Former Slync CEO indicted on charges of swindling $25M from investors

Former Slync CEO Chris Kirchner has been indicted on federal charges that he defrauded investors out of at least $25 million from the FreightTech startup he helped launch.

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Apr - 2023 -
26 April
Clarissa Hawes

Truckstop CEO talks market volatility, fight against FreightTech fraud

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller spoke to Truckstop CEO Kendra Tucker during FreightWaves’ Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit about managing volatility in the trucking market and curbing double brokering and fraud on load boards.

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21 April
Clarissa Hawes

Flock Freight lays off 45 people

Layoffs continue at the FreightTech unicorn, Flock Freight, as 45 employees were fired at a recent all-hands company meeting, four months after 60 workers were let go.

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11 April
Clarissa Hawes

Illinois trucking company’s sudden shutdown leaves team drivers stranded, unpaid

Team drivers for Cromex Inc. of Villa Park, Illinois, say they were stranded for three days in a hotel room, more than 1,000 miles from home, after the owner failed to deliver on his promise to pay drivers and set them up in a new truck.

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10 April
Clarissa Hawes

Florida trucking company cites impact of COVID in bankruptcy filing

A Florida-based trucking company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection recently, owing truck drivers back wages.

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