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News · Dec 16, 2019

Almost 3,500 pounds of marijuana found in U-Haul truck during traffic stop

AMARILLO – "The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized 3,350 pounds of marijuana Thursday, December 5, after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Carson County. At approximately 5:51 p.m., a DPS Trooper stopped a 2016 Ford U-Haul truck traveling east on I-40 near Conway, for a traffic violation. The Trooper then discovered multiple boxes containing marijuana in the cargo area. DPS Special Agents and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents arrived on scene to a

News · Dec 15, 2019

UPS driver arrested for allegedly selling drugs using company truck

A UPS truck driver in El Paso, Texas, is accused of dealing drugs out of his delivery truck during work hours, according to the El Paso Times. Armando Barron, 39, was arrested after an investigation discovered he was delivering illegal drugs while using his UPS work truck, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office officials said. Acting on a tip, sheriff’s deputies began an investigation Oct. 17, officials said. Investigators set up a sting that led to Barron’s arrest Dec. 5 after he “delivered controlled

News · Dec 13, 2019

Lower truck capacity, higher freight rates in 2020 according to Morgan Stanley predictions

Story by: Todd Maiden @ FreightWaves.com Transportation equity analyst Ravi Shanker outlines capacity-curbing catalysts in 2020 that could send freight rates to 2018 levels In a report to clients, financial services firm Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) examines potential reasons truck supply could be constrained in 2020, causing trucking rates to climb. The firm’s transportation, retail and machinery analysts contributed to the report. “We see five Trucking supply-side catalysts potentially constraini

News · Dec 13, 2019

Frustrated employees of now bankrupt Celadon’s Mexico carrier continue standoff

Story by: Noi Mahoney @ http://FreigtWaves.com Employees of Mexican carrier Jaguar Transportation — a subsidiary of bankrupt Celadon Group — continue to protest unpaid wages by blocking the company’s Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, terminal in order to delay the removal of trucks, according to reports. “In Nuevo Laredo, hundreds — of personnel who worked at the Jaguar company maintain their peaceful protest and remain at the facilities of the transport line, waiting to receive their settlement and savings

News · Dec 13, 2019

Former Celadon employees, drivers describe chaos after abrupt bankruptcy filing

Story by: Clarissa Hawes @http://freightwaves.com Days after thousands of employees and truck drivers for Celadon Group Inc. received word that the carrier, one of North America’s largest, was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, many are still struggling to take in the news. While rumors were swirling on social media that the carrier was in financial straits after FreightWaves broke the news on Dec. 6 that the company planned to file for bankruptcy, some former employees said there was

News · Dec 12, 2019

California’s AB 5 will impact trucking companies and shippers

Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam @ FreightWaves.com Ever since California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) in September, there has been heated debate around changes to the gig economy. AB 5 lays out stricter regulations for the way companies classify their independent contractors, who lawmakers said were often exploited. The gig economy was made famous by the advent of Uber, but U.S. companies long have brought on truck drivers to work as independent contractors without such employee

News · Dec 12, 2019

Celadon’s closure an opportunity for other companies in turbulent times

Story by: Noi Mahoney @ http://FreightWaves.com Celadon Group’s (OTC: CGIP) shutdown comes after cross-border shipping had already lost several other full truckload (TL) carriers this year that provided Mexico service. Matt Silver, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Forager, said Celadon’s closure will affect freight capacity in both the U.S. and Mexico. “Celadon is one of the largest cross-border providers in North America, so when you have a shutdown of that scale, everyone on both sides of the

News · Dec 11, 2019

Multi-day snowstorm to slam western US (with forecast video)

Story by: Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist @ FreightWaves.com A prolonged stretch of wintry weather begins today, Dec. 11, in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, the northern Rockies and other high elevations of western states. Disruptions are likely to affect transportation and freight movement, in addition to local and regional supply chains and business operations, especially in the higher terrain. When it’s all said and done, some areas could be buried

News · Dec 10, 2019

Truck driver caught with 3 million dollars hidden in barrels full of pork

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Press release. On Saturday, December 7, 2019 a deputy with the Community Interdiction Team stopped a tractor-trailer driven by a Hispanic male traveling southbound on Interstate 85 for failure to maintain lane and impeding the flow of traffic. Based on the officers training and experience and a K-9 alert, the tractor-trailer was moved to a safe location for a search. During the search, approximately 3 million dollars in cash was located in barrels containing raw

News · Dec 10, 2019

Bankrupt Celadon’s Mexican carrier Jaguar Transportation reportedly shuts down

Story by: Noi Mahoney @ FreightWaves.com Drivers at one site block access to trucks and trailers in hopes of ensuring they will be paid Mexican carrier Jaguar Transportation stopped its trucking services this morning (Dec. 10) and could be shutting down as part of Celadon’s Chapter 11 filing Dec. 9. Several freight and logistics professionals confirmed to FreightWaves that cross-border account representatives for Jaguar Transportation said they had ceased services. At one of the company’s locati

News · Dec 10, 2019

Why Celadon is filing Chapter 11 instead of Chapter 7

Story by: Craig Fuller, CEO at FreightWaves Last Friday, December 6, FreightWaves reported that Celadon intended to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy and now the company has made it official. On the surface, it sounds like Chapter 11 will give hope to at least some of the 4,000 employees at the company. Chapter 11 is the process used to describe a restructuring where the company can continue to operate. If the company had pursued a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, it would result in a full shutdown, but this didn

News · Dec 9, 2019

Celadon’s Mexican carrier Jaguar Transportation ‘still pulling strong’

Story by: Noi Mahoney @ FreightWaves.com Jaguar Transportation, the Celadon-owned carrier based in Mexico, says it will remain operational and continue its cross-border shipping. “Jaguar will operate in the same way it has been working. The situation that Celadon is going through does not compromise this company at all,” Jaguar company officials said in an email to FreightWaves. However, Jaguar Transportation’s webpage was removed on Dec. 9. It is not clear if the company’s web address was chang