Falcon Transport
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FreightWaves Insiders Podcast
FreightWaves Insiders [podcast] Inside Falcon’s Shutdown w/ Larry Long
Inside Falcon’s shutdown: Larry Long is a 30-year supply chain veteran who saw the good, the bad and the ugly at the doomed carrier. How…
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News
Commentary: the demise of the freight brokerage
Larger shippers must think beyond the short-term peaks and valleys.
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Equipment
European carrier suddenly shut down by parent company
Transfreight Automotive Logisitcs Europe, a fleet with over 90 vehicles, has shut down.
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News
Pilot files civil lawsuit against shuttered Falcon Transport over $800,000 in unpaid fuel bills (with video)
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…
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What the Truck?!?
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Trucking
Alabama flatbed carrier suddenly closes its doors
For the second time in less than a week, a trucking carrier has shut its doors with no advanced warning.
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News
Former Falcon Transport execs allege mismanagement, contract demands led to company’s abrupt collapse
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.
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News
Former Falcon Transport employees, drivers saw red flags before abrupt closure
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…
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News
Falcon Transport drivers told to cease driving immediately after abrupt closure
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…
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