Logistics giant Ceva to cut 142 jobs in Tennessee
Ceva Logistics is purging 142 jobs at two of its facilities in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, effective April 22.
Ceva Logistics is purging 142 jobs at two of its facilities in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, effective April 22.
A North Carolina trucking company notified more than 200 employees on Tuesday it is ceasing operations.
“The new model is flexible and brings together dedicated support teams highly trained on one or a few shippers’ needs and operating requirements,” said Convoy founder and CEO Dan Lewis.
Former Celadon trucking officials have settled a fraud case with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
An online auction on Tuesday will sell the assets of family-owned Art Mulder & Sons Trucking of Holland, Michigan, two months after the refrigerated LTL carrier ceased operations after 50 years.
Uber Freight is cutting about 3% of its workforce, all of the jobs coming out of its digital brokerage activities.
Ryder System Inc. is set to lay off 801 employees after losing work at an Applied Materials semiconductor plant in Austin, Texas.
Nikola will move battery pack manufacturing to Arizona and files layoffs notice for a former Romeo Power plant.
E-commerce giant Amazon will lay off over 18,000 workers during its current round of job cuts, first reported in November.
New details have emerged about United Furniture’s financial health and why its lender, Wells Fargo Bank, filed a petition on Friday to force the furniture company into Chapter 7 proceedings after its abrupt shutdown.
2022 brought a recession in the trucking industry, but few large trucking companies declared bankruptcy.
Several trucking companies, logistics firms and cold storage facilities are collectively owed millions of dollars after an Iowa-based meat importer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection recently.
Fleet solutions provider Motive has laid off 6% of its workforce, citing slow demand and higher operating costs.
Stellantis has announced it will be closing a Jeep Cherokee assembly plant in Illinois in February, laying off 1,350 workers.
UFI abruptly shuttered in November. Companies have been unable to retrieve their assets from the closed-up facilities.
Family-owned Mid Continent Trucking of Denison, Iowa, notified drivers and employees recently that after 24 years, the refrigerated carrier was ceasing operations two days after Thanksgiving because of worsening economic conditions and tumbling freight rates.
A former United Furniture Industries employee claims the furniture manufacturer, headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, violated federal law by failing to give 60 days’ notice of its abrupt shutdown to nearly 2,700 employees and truck drivers, who found themselves without jobs two days before Thanksgiving.
Former employees of United Furniture Industries say they were caught unaware overnight after receiving word they were not to report to work Tuesday because their jobs were being immediately terminated “due to unforeseen business circumstances.”
Freon Logistics, a California-based trucking company, has filed for bankruptcy, and some employees protested recently to demand unpaid wages.
Navarro Trucking Group, which pulled intermodal containers out of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, has folded and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
GXO Logistics is planning to lay off 262 employees from two warehouse operations in the Dallas area by Dec. 10.
Trucking payments platform AtoB has laid off 30% of its employees, months after raising $155 million in funding.
McClellan Trucking and Duran Transfer, which contract with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail, have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for trucking company Wyotrans have taken a rocky turn after two of its largest secured creditors claim they haven’t been paid in two months for leased or rented equipment being used to haul freight and that the carrier is behind on insurance premium payments.
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based U.S. Xpress is cutting another 5% of its corporate workforce in the trucking company’s second round of layoffs in three months.
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday dropped a fraud case against two former Celadon trucking company executives.
GXO Logistics Inc. plans to permanently shutter its Milwaukee-area facility and lay off 144 workers by September.
Three days after nearly 450 employees, including 135 drivers, were laid off, Williston, Vermont-based LandAir’s management team and its private equity owners have yet to disclose what led to the decision.
Employees of Williston, Vermont-based LandAir, an LTL carrier that serviced the Northeast and parts of Canada, say they had no advanced notice that the company was reportedly closing its doors on Tuesday.
Logistics provider DB Schenker will lay off 130 employees from a distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Global 3PL Neovia Logistics Services recently announced plans to cut nearly 100 jobs at its Tannersville, Pennsylvania, facility on July 29.
Digital freight startup Convoy confirmed Friday that it is cutting 7% of its workforce in an effort to slash operating costs amid concerns about a downturn in the economy and its potential impact on the company’s customers’ businesses.
A California trucking and logistics company, which contracts with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Chattanooga-based U.S. Xpress announced Thursday that it is cutting 5% of its corporate workforce in an effort to slash costs a week after the truckload carrier reported losing more than $8.9 million in the first quarter.
A 67-year-old Missouri trucking company that hauled mail for USPS shut down and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after losing contracts.
An Illinois-based trucking company has filed Chapter 11, citing a jury award of $10 million in December following a 2019 fatal truck crash involving one of its drivers.
Global logistics giants Geodis and Ceva plan to lay off 450 workers in the Columbus, Ohio area by Sept. 30.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller explains the boom and bust cycle of the trucking industry.
Family-owned trucking company, L.W. Miller Cos. of Logan, Utah, says it will shut down its livestock division on Monday.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the current costs of trucking.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller provides further analysis regarding the decline in the freight market.
An Indiana-based trucking company recently filed bankruptcy, more than a month after receiving an unsatisfactory rating from FMCSA.
Craig Fuller analyzes the state of the U.S. truckload market.
Trucking companies and logistics firms are among hundreds of creditors collectively owed millions of dollars after a California-based organic products manufacturer recently filed Chapter 7.
Truck and trailer rental companies and the IRS are collectively owed millions after a Minnesota logistics company filed Chapter 7.
A Kansas-based trucking company, cited several times for safety violations for both its drivers and equipment, recently filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
A South Carolina company that remanufactured locomotives and provided railcar servicing and repairs filed Chapter 7.
Former drivers, truck and trailer rental companies and fuel businesses are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a Massachusetts logistics company filed Chapter 7.
Nearly 420 trucking and logistics companies are collectively owed millions of dollars after a California oil distributor ceased operations and filed Chapter 7.
In the aftermath of Central Freight Lines’ abrupt closure five weeks ago, many of the company’s 2,100 employees, including 1,325 truck drivers, are struggling with paycheck concerns and questions about when or if they will receive vacation pay and unemployment benefits, while others claim they were subjected to unsafe working conditions at the company’s headquarters in Waco, Texas.
After finding out that Central Freight Lines was shuttering operations, hourly employees, including 1,325 truck drivers, learned that their final paychecks weren’t mailed out as promised before Christmas.
A former Central Freight Lines employee claims the Waco,Texas-based less-than-truckload carrier violated federal law by failing to give 60 days’ notice of its planned shutdown to nearly 2,100 employees and truck drivers, who found themselves without jobs two weeks before Christmas
Analysts, industry insiders and some of Central Freight Lines’ executives and drivers liken the LTL carrier’s demise to a “five-year death spiral” after the company lost a major customer, then acquired two failing companies.
Central Freight Lines says rival LTL carrier Estes Express, based out of Richmond, Virginia, is interested in scooping up some of the Waco, Texas-based 2,100 drivers and employees, after FreightWaves broke the news Saturday that the LTL carrier was ceasing operations.
A Mississippi-based trucking company filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Tuesday, more than a year after its operating authority was revoked by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Trucking companies, logistics firms and suppliers may be left in a lurch after an auto parts supplier filed bankruptcy after losing GM as a client.
Ryder System is closing its operations in Tracy, California, where the company operated a distribution center for PepsiCo.
QX Logistix said it is closing four facilities in California, and CEVA Logistics announced it is laying off 87 employees at a Dallas-area location.
A family-owned dry and liquid bulk trucking company ceased operations as of midnight Tuesday, leaving 342 drivers without jobs, sources say.
Trucking and logistics firms are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a Nevada-based bottled water company — linked to a hepatitis outbreak — filed Chapter 7.
About 180 truck drivers being laid off in Texas, New York and California.
A Texas household goods trucking company with military contracts ceased operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Tuesday.
Trucking, logistics and airfreight companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a Texas freight forwarder filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this week.
XPO Logistics said it will be closing a distribution center in San Antonio.
Several trucking and logistics companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after Consolidated Glass Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries — J.E. Berkowitz, Shaw Glass Holdings and Columbia Commercial Building Products — shuttered operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-July.
Fusion Logistics says layoffs were caused by a large increase in insurance premiums.
More than 158 unsecured creditors, including trucking, logistics and towing companies, are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after New Jersey freight forwarder Advectus Transportation Services abruptly ceased operations and filed Chapter 7.
An Ohio-based transportation company and three of its trucking company affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, despite receiving PPP loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration to stay afloat during the pandemic.
The THT Group Inc., doing business as Truckers Health Team, abruptly closed all 14 of its clinics at various Pilot Flying J Travel Centers and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Thursday.
The barge and tugboat operator said if no buyers come forward, it could begin employee layoffs by July 15.
Legal woes force Illinois trucking company Mardon Trucking Inc. to cease operations and file Chapter 7 bankruptcy this week.
The Alpharetta, Georgia-based peanut and tree nut processing company “will be closing entirely and permanently ceasing operations” in El Paso, Texas.
Canadian trucking firm People Express Transport was shut down by a court-appointed trustee following a months-long fight over millions of dollars in debt.
Illinois trucking company B & B Logistics Inc., cited several times for hours-of-service violations, shuttered operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-May.
Analysts are looking at various explanations for why the number of drivers today is lower than it was two years ago.
A coalition of trucking companies filed a petition on Monday to force Indianapolis-based freight brokerage CMA Freight Services LLC into Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings over unpaid transportation services.
There is a small window for new loans to underserved communities, but after spending of about $800 billion, the cupboard is bare.
Shaw’s says it anticipates a return to work this week, but the union is silent on that issue.
Trucking and logistics companies are owed thousands after Gainco Inc. of Portland, Texas, which hauls hazmat loads, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday.
GDC Technics has laid off 223 workers and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after losing a Boeing contract.
A California freight forwarder filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy last week, collectively owing transportation and logistics companies more than $884,000.
GDC Technics is permanently closing its San Antonio plant where most of the work on the Air Force One planes were done.
Several trucking and logistics companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after an Indiana brokerage ceased operations and filed Chapter 7.
The Teamsters call it a strike, but it is more of a protest. Still, it did garner support from another union on Wednesday.
The Teamsters called it a strike even though no employed workers were believed to be on the picket line.
A South Texas citrus packing facility and Houston supply chain services provider are two of the latest companies to announce layoffs across the Lone Star State.
Economic downtown spurs more freight-related job cuts across the Lone Star State.
Great Lakes Petroleum Transportation of Alma, Michigan, which hauls crude oil, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The trucking company has 59 power units and 49 drivers.
A pair of Canadian trucking companies in the Toronto area, Orbit Freight and Delta Carriers, shut down in close succession before their owner filed for personal bankruptcy.
The remaining assets of bankrupt trucking company Comcar Industries will be liquidated through two trusts, leaving little for unsecured creditors.
The Coca-Cola plant in Grand Prairie, Texas, will close by April 15 as part of a consolidating effort by the company, according to a notice sent to state officials Friday.
The bankruptcy filing by Hertz threatened to dump a glut of trucks and cars onto the used vehicle market if the company did not find a way to survive.
An Illinois firm, Lions Logistics 1, which specialized in perishable foods and other time-sensitive loads, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, reporting a 96% drop in revenue in 2020.
The owner of two defunct California trucking companies, Royal Flush 89 Transport and Cuevas Transport, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Wednesday.
A legal battle is brewing in Texas over an insurance payout to the mother of one of the victims killed in a fatal truck crash involving the truck driver for Josiah’s Trucking of Edinburg, Texas.
TrinityRail will permanently close a plant in Vidor, Texas, laying off 59 workers by April 30.
An Arkansas-based trucking company, RCX Solutions, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on Monday, nearly a year after it shuttered operations when it was unable to climb out of debt following a $23 million nuclear verdict.
A deal has been reached to end a strike by workers at the Hunts Point market in New York, with a vote by rank-and-file Teamsters to take place Saturday.
A pay dispute leads to about 1,400 warehouse workers and truck drivers in Teamsters Local 202 walking the picket line.
Penske Logistics “strongly refutes” claims by Loves but defers other comments.