Closures Rising For Small Truckers
Closures rising for small truckers. One of the hallmarks of the pandemic as it relates to trucking has been the unprecedented growth in the number of new, mostly small, for-hire trucking companies. Since July 2020…
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Dillon Transport Closes Its Doors
Dillon Transport closes its doors in early September, according to sources at the company. Founded 41 years ago in Burr Ridge, Ill., the family-owned dry and liquid-bulk trucking company had 342 drivers and 323 power units…
Fleetwood Transportation Closes
Fleetwood Transportation, a Texas-based flatbed and oil-field truckload carrier, closed its operations Jan 2. The company cited rising insurance costs as the primary reason for the closure. The carrier had 252 trucks, 673 trailers…
Archer Daniels Closing 2 Flour Mills
Decatur, Ill.-based Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) has announced plans to close one of its two Minneapolis, Minn., flour mills as well as its flour mill in Salina, Kan. The announcements come several months after…
Falcon Transport Abruptly Halts Operations
Falcon Transport of Youngstown, Ohio, abruptly halted its operations in late April. The company, which had a fleet of 700 trucks, deployed text messages, emails and messages via electronic logging devices (ELDs) to drivers and…
