layoffs and bankruptcies

More than 1,800 layoffs since the beginning of April are tied to the manufacturing, distribution and freight sectors.

Balkan Express and its affiliate brokerage filed for Chapter 11 protection citing debts of $25 million.

Penske Logistics plans to lay off 337 warehouse and other workers in Missouri due to the loss of a contract.

Supply chain businesses ranging from rail to trucking to warehousing saw layoffs and bankruptcies throughout April, as tariffs and other economic factors slam freight markets.

Kingsley Trucking ceased operations on Thursday after a Canadian court placed the 46-year-old carrier into receivership.

Citing tariffs and other factors, Volvo Trucks layoffs could total 1,000 manufacturing jobs across US

Mack Trucks will eliminate up to 450 jobs at facilities in Pennsylvania and Maryland due to tariffs and economic uncertainty.

General Motors is temporarily laying off hundreds of workers at plants in Detroit and Ingersoll, Ontario.

C & C Freight Network, Best Choice Trucking and Best Logistics Inc. each filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday.

Illinois-based LTI Trucking Services notified its 250 drivers Wednesday that the company was closing immediately.

The freight and transportation industry saw another big round of layoffs at the end of the first-quarter.

Geodis Logistics is closing a distribution center in New Jersey and DHL is eliminating 8,000 jobs in Germany.

A wave of layoffs and furloughs has hit jobs tied to the manufacturing and freight sectors in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

American Freight said it will lay off 19 executives after its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November.

Supply chain-related firms in the U.S. have laid off 16,919 workers since the beginning of October.

Firms in the U.S. have announced supply chain-related layoffs totaling 9,746 workers since the beginning of September.

Amazon, DHL, GXO, Kuehne+Nagel, Pepsico and True Value Co. are among firms announcing job cuts, according to a new round of worker reduction notices.

Over 600 layoffs hit freight-related companies in California, Illinois and New York, with the businesses citing loss of customers and an acquisition as reasons for the cuts.

Flexport, a global supply chain solutions provider, is reducing its headcount by 2% as part of a reorganization aimed at helping the company drive profitability.

The decision to liquidate trucking giant Pride Group could have ripple effects across the trucking industry, an industry observer says.