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Larger shippers must think beyond the short-term peaks and valleys.
Transfreight Automotive Logisitcs Europe, a fleet with over 90 vehicles, has shut down.
Pilot Flying J has filed a civil lawsuit against Falcon Transport of Youngstown, Ohio, and its private equity owners, alleging the now-defunct carrier owes the truck stop chain nearly $800,000 in unpaid fuel bills.
For the second time in less than a week, a trucking carrier has shut its doors with no advanced warning.
Former Falcon Transport executives allege that financial mismanagement and a poorly negotiated contract with General Motors led to the company’s abrupt closure on April 27.
Former truck drivers and employees of Falcon Transport of Youngtown, Ohio, admit there were warning signs that the company was experiencing financial problems, but few said they expected the company to cease operations abruptly on Saturday, April 27, stranding truckers hauling loads without working fuel cards or further instructions.
Truck drivers for the flatbed truckload carrier, Falcon Transport of Youngstown, Ohio, said they received emails late April 27 stating the company was shuttering operations effective immediately.
