Several trucking and logistics companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after Consolidated Glass Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries — J.E. Berkowitz, Shaw Glass Holdings and Columbia Commercial Building Products — shuttered operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-July.

The Tuesday deadline imposed by K-Ratio to sign its universal settlement agreement or face legal ramifications passed without a consensus for the 34 trucking companies that participated in its fuel hedging program. The Chicago-based company abruptly shut down its fuel futures program in late June.

Federal prosecutors filed a motion Tuesday requesting the court dismiss all charges against ex-Pilot President Mark Hazelwood and two former sales team executives, Scott Wombold and Heather Jones. In October, a federal appellate court overturned Hazelwood’s conviction.

FMCSA urges truck drivers affected by the Philips recall of nearly 4 million CPAP or BiPAP machines “to work with their medical providers to find alternatives wherever possible — and for CPAP manufacturers to provide all available assistance to drivers impacted by recalls.”

The abrupt closure of K-Ratio’s fuel hedging program in late June has left trucking companies scrambling as they await answers from the Chicago-based company as to what happened and if they will recoup money owed to them since K-Ratio shuttered its fuel swap options platform.

Torc Robotics was the first AV startup to partner with a truck manufacturer since becoming part of Daimler Trucks in 2019. Torc CEO Michael Fleming says utilizing Daimler’s relationships with fleets is helpful in the race to launch the first market-ready self-driving truck.

More than 158 unsecured creditors, including trucking, logistics and towing companies, are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after New Jersey freight forwarder Advectus Transportation Services abruptly ceased operations and filed Chapter 7.

Trucking owner Carl Bradley Johansson is facing federal charges in an alleged PPP loan fraud scheme. He is also awaiting trial in a separate federal case for allegedly ordering welders to illegally repair an oil tanker that resulted in a fatal explosion in 2014.

All State Association CEO Steve Avetyan claims his business platform is very different from the double-brokering scheme that landed three relatives in prison.

Innovation is key to addressing the labor shortage at warehouses to keep up with surging consumer demands on the supply chain, says Kristi Montgomery, VP of innovation, research and development at Kenco Logistics Services.

Campbell Soup Co. and its subsidiaries revamped its supply chain network to handle a significant increase in demand for its soup and snack products as restaurants closed and more consumers cooked at home during the pandemic, making it one of FreightWaves’ 2021 Shipper of Choice winners.

Double brokering has been around since shippers started relying on brokerages to find trucks to haul their freight. However, double brokering is fraught with risk and becomes illegal when a shipper specifies that its loads are not to be re-brokered.

An Ohio-based transportation company and three of its trucking company affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, despite receiving PPP loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration to stay afloat during the pandemic.

The owners of three purported Georgia-based trucking companies are facing wire fraud and theft of government property charges after prosecutors claim Curtis and Dereen Porch set up shell companies to obtain $364,200 in PPP funds.

The CEO of several transportation companies linked to an alleged sophisticated double-brokering ring in Southern California claims he’s being unfairly targeted by competitors.

The THT Group Inc., doing business as Truckers Health Team, abruptly closed all 14 of its clinics at various Pilot Flying J Travel Centers and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Thursday.

Legal woes force Illinois trucking company Mardon Trucking Inc. to cease operations and file Chapter 7 bankruptcy this week.

As COVID restrictions ease, small fleets must develop cargo theft prevention plans, which include mapping out safe truck parking and fueling routes, says Adam Wingfield, managing director of Innovative Logistics Group.

Ex-Pilot president alleges reverse racism as he seeks different judge, location for second fuel fraud trial. Long-Haul Crime Log investigates the claims.

Trucking owner Keith McConnell, 43, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is facing federal charges after prosecutors claim he used PPP funds for personal use.

Christen Diane Schulte, 35, of Washington, Missouri, was sentenced to six years and eight months in federal prison for embezzling more than $700,000 from a family-owned trucking company and farm.

Vietnam veteran and trucker Alvin Garrard took the trip of a lifetime as he hauled a mobile replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that bears the names of more than 58,000 U.S. service members, including some of his friends.

Illinois trucking company B & B Logistics Inc., cited several times for hours-of-service violations, shuttered operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-May.

Three FreightTech companies demonstrated their innovative technology solutions to increase supply chain efficiency during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME on Thursday.

Mark Hazelwood, the former president of Pilot Co., wants a federal judge to recuse himself from overseeing the retrial of a fuel rebate fraud case against him and two of his former staffers and also wants to have his case moved from Tennessee to another state.

Four FreightTech companies demonstrated their innovative technology solutions during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME on Wednesday.

A federal grand jury in New York has indicted trucking company owner Tony “Anatoliy” Kirik, 39, of Rochester, New York, in a reincarnated carrier scheme.

Frustrated with load-board scammers, one broker is warning others to do their due diligence as the list of suspect companies has grown to nearly 500.

Truck drivers and fleets have two months to prepare for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) annual Operation Safe Driver Week, which is set for July 11-17. Here is what inspectors will be looking for.

Law enforcement will be on the lookout for unsafe drivers on roadways throughout North America starting Sunday, July 11, as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) annual Safe Driver Week.

A coalition of trucking companies filed a petition on Monday to force Indianapolis-based freight brokerage CMA Freight Services LLC into Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings over unpaid transportation services.

Trucking and logistics companies are owed thousands after Gainco Inc. of Portland, Texas, which hauls hazmat loads, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a no-hire provision between two Pittsburgh-area logistics firms is not enforceable under commonwealth law.

Anthony Smith, director of market experts for FreightWaves, and Yariv Bash, co-founder and CEO of Flytrex Aviation, dive into the near future for drone delivery and dispel misconceptions about the industry.

A California freight forwarder filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy last week, collectively owing transportation and logistics companies more than $884,000.

Several trucking and logistics companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after an Indiana brokerage ceased operations and filed Chapter 7.

Roni Rae Brady, the former chief judge for the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council, was sentenced to six months in prison for a scam that targeted truckers.

Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, discusses the future of transportation as it transitions to a carbon neutral world with Danny Gomez, managing director of financial and emerging markets for FreightWaves.

Prosecutors allege Oumar Sissoko, 59, of Temecula, California, who claimed to own a pothole repair company called Road Doctor California LLC, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury items after receiving $7.25 million in PPP loan funds.

Truck drivers Brian T. Summerson, 25, of Dillion, South Carolina, and Pierre Washington, 35, of Chicago, have been charged in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme.

Rob Hatchett, president of SeatMyTrucks, discusses why fleets are struggling to find truck drivers because of COVID-19 pandemic, with Marilyn Surber, transportation adviser for Tenstreet.

Hubert Ivan Ugarte pleaded guilty to bribing a FedEx Ground manager in a pay-to-play scheme, and to defrauding the PPP loan program.

CVSA inspectors will focus on lighting and hours of service during the annual 72-hour safety blitz throughout North America on May 4-6.

Recruiters are pulling out all the stops to attract and retain top truck drivers and carriers are turning to Stay Metrics & Tenstreet for help.

Former CFO Nicky Osborne of shuttered Bison Global Logistics was sentenced to nearly four years in prison and ordered to pay back nearly $8 million in fraud and tax evasion scheme.

Lured by the promise of better pay and the American dream, some foreign drivers found themselves trapped in an alleged human-trafficking scheme.

Investigators are searching for a motive after a warehouse employee fatally shot two co-workers at a Roundy’s distribution center in Wisconsin.

Great Lakes Petroleum Transportation of Alma, Michigan, which hauls crude oil, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The trucking company has 59 power units and 49 drivers.

A former car hauler claims he was forced into hiding after blowing the whistle on his trucking company’s alleged illegal business practices.

In a rapid-fire demo during Evolve: The Next Evolution of Oil & Gas summit, Eric Calderon and Arran Davidson of Power Sentry discuss the company’s innovative products for power management in the oil and gas industry aimed at reducing clients’ operating expense and downtime because of power disturbances.

KeepTruckin is petitioning the National Transportation Safety Board to rescind its recommendation that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration remove the company’s logging devices from its list of self-certified vendors following a fiery crash that killed seven motorcyclists.

The owners of defunct Westfield Transport Inc. of West Springfield, Massachusetts, were indicted on federal charges of falsifying driving logs on Friday. Prosecutors assert the Gasanov brothers hired Volodymyr Zhukovskyy two days before his involvement in a fatal crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire in June 2019,

Jared Flinn, operating partner of Bulkloads.com., discusses the future of the bulk commodities market post-COVID-19 pandemic and what to look for in 2021.

An Illinois firm, Lions Logistics 1, which specialized in perishable foods and other time-sensitive loads, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, reporting a 96% drop in revenue in 2020.

The owner of two defunct California trucking companies, Royal Flush 89 Transport and Cuevas Transport, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Wednesday.

Matt Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, and Kathy Wengel, executive vice president and chief global supply chain officer for Johnson & Johnson, discuss key trends that have emerged in the global supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic as suppliers, manufacturers and distributors collaborated to ensure critical supplies were deployed all over the world.

A legal battle is brewing in Texas over an insurance payout to the mother of one of the victims killed in a fatal truck crash involving the truck driver for Josiah’s Trucking of Edinburg, Texas.

Warehousing has changed more in the past five years than in the previous 70 years. Chris Riemann, managing director of Deloitte Consulting, and A.K. Schultz, co-founder and CEO of SVT Robotics, discuss the role of automation in this warehousing revolution and how organizations must move their supply chains forward to compete during the e-commerce boom and the spike in online ordering because of the COVID pandemic.

After news surfaced Monday that Wayne, Michigan-based Rush Trucking had shuttered operations, a Lavalle employee confirmed to FreightWaves that the automotive parts hauler had been sold to rival carrier LaValle Transportation, headquartered in Potsdam, New York, in December.

Jennifer Bisceglie discusses how Interos ingests over 100,000 different types of data feeds to map out a company’s extended supply chain and monitors weather and world events to prepare companies for any ripple effects in the defense supply chain.

A former accounting employee of a New Mexico-based trucking company pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling more than $1.1 million from her employer over a seven-year period.

Despite a last-minute pardon by former President Donald Trump in his criminal case, tech pioneer Anthony Levandowski’s legal woes continue after he was forced to file for bankruptcy protection on […]

The California DMV alerted customers to a possible data breach involving one of its vendors. Jason Feldman of AFTS confirmed the ransomware attack but couldn’t comment on the group behind it, how much money the hackers requested and whether his company paid.

David Owen West pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering in federal court, admitting he orchestrated an elaborate scheme to defraud his former employer, Petco Petroleum Corp., out of more than $400,000.

Since the federal government started regulating the number of hours a truck driver can legally drive in a day, requiring either paper logs or higher-tech records, some motor carriers and truckers have devised ways to skirt the rules by falsifying drivers’ log books.

A California judge awarded $23.7 million, considered a “nuclear verdict” because it exceeds $10 million, to a motorcyclist whose lower leg was amputated after he was struck by a work truck in Los Angeles.

The former owner of Sisic Transport admitted to altering thousands of logbook entries for his drivers, using Omnitracs’ automatic onboard recording device software.

NFI driver Roger Daily credits his dad’s incredible work ethic and a man named Cliff Capps for his 30-year career and impressive 6 million safe miles.

A federal grand jury has indicted a former fleet manager of Builders FirstSource, a publicly traded construction products manufacturer, alleging Steven Duety used company credit cards to defraud his employer of $1.6 million.

Six people, including the owners of two defunct trucking companies, face multiple charges after federal prosecutors claim they submitted fraudulent loan applications to obtain $1.5 million in funds through the […]

An Arkansas-based trucking company, RCX Solutions, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on Monday, nearly a year after it shuttered operations when it was unable to climb out of debt following a $23 million nuclear verdict.

A Feb. 5 sentencing date has been set for a bookkeeper who pleaded guilty to devising an elaborate scheme to defraud a family-owned trucking company and farm in Missouri out […]

A modern day Bonnie and Clyde, an Arizona prison break, and the two team truck drivers who became hostages. Hear the harrowing story on the newest episode of Long-Haul Crime Log, the true crime podcast from FreightWaves.

The owner of a Maine-based trucking company denies his firm is the subject of a Maine CDC ongoing investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened more than 20 employees, calling it “old news.”

Online training provider launches new defensive driving program for truck drivers as the FBI warns of possible armed protests at all 50 state capitols and in Washington, D.C.

Tayland Rahim, 27, of Gladstone, Missouri, an ex-Swift truck driver, was shot multiple times after troopers claim he drove to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s local headquarters in Lee’s Summit with an assault-style rifle, firing several rounds.

Trucking groups OOIDA, WSTA and ATA condemn the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, call for truckers to focus on policy, not politics.

An Oregan man was recently sentenced to over eight years in prison and ordered to pay back over $3.2 million for his role in an elaborate fraud scheme while living in Hawaii.

Five-year-old Liam Salmon lost his nearly year-long battle to brain cancer on New Year’s Eve.

In 2020, the U.S. trucking industry was turned on its head by a pandemic and an oil glut that forced many small fleets and owner-operators to cease operations or file for bankruptcy protection. Others cited legal woes as the main reason to file Chapter 7 or 11 this year.

A federal grand jury has indicted Daniel R. Fruits, a former executive of Secure Transit, headquartered in Greenwood, Indiana, alleging he defrauded his investor of nearly $14 million to buy a horse farm, Rolex watches and several luxury cars.

KeepTruckin landed on FreightWaves’ 2021 FreightTech 25 list for the third time by developing new technology to help alleviate COVID-19 supply chain challenges.

A former billing and payroll clerk for South Dakota-based Blachowske Truck Line was sentenced on Monday to three years in federal prison and ordered to repay nearly $580,000.

Less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines confirmed it fell victim to a cyberattack, which knocked out its operating systems and call center.

Nonprofit charity Truckers Final Mile that helps bring deceased drivers home to their families is facing a bleak future without donations.

Digital freight brokerage Mothership Technologies is suing less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines of Waco, Texas, for nearly $508,000 in unpaid invoices, citing breach of contract.

More than 45 trucking companies are collectively owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a Texas-based logistics files Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Former Louisiana trucker Alfred Bourgeois was put to death Friday, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute bid by his attorneys for clemency.

Former Louisiana trucker Alfred Bourgeois is set to be executed Friday, barring a last-minute court stay for the brutal murder of his 2-year-old daughter.

Former Trimac workers claim the bulk carrier failed to provide respirators and implement safety measures at its tank washing facilities in Georgia.

Former Celadon truck drivers and employees are still bitter one year after the trucking conglomerate filed Chapter 11 and abruptly shuttered operations on Dec. 9, 2019.

Truckers Christmas Group Organization (TCGO) is extending its application deadline to Dec. 7 to spread holiday cheer to deserving truck drivers.

Former driver recruiter Michelle Serth-Stein is accused of embezzling nearly $121,000 from two Missouri trucking companies.

Swift Transportation founder Jerry Moyes has been tapped to lead LTL carrier Central Freight Lines of Waco, Texas, which he owns.

Prosecutors are asking the 6th Circuit Court to reconsider its Pilot fraud case ruling that tossed out the convictions of Mark Hazelwood and two staffers.

U.S. Postal Service (USPS) needs your help to ensure needy families have a gift under the tree – launching its Operation Santa program nationwide in 2020.

Truckers are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after Jamco Services LLC of Midland, Texas, filed for Chapter 11 protection on Wednesday.

A Texas oilfield services company filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving small-business truckers that haul oilfield equipment in the lurch.

Truckers Christmas Group Organization (TCGO) delivers holiday hope by providing financial assistance to deserving truck drivers and their families who have fallen on hard times.

Some StopTheTires2020 members infiltrated the group’s social media platform to disrupt and cause chaos following the 2020 presidential election.