Jacksonville, Florida-based Raven Transport Holding Inc. said it is shutting down its over-the-road and dedicated fleets, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filing on Wednesday.
The closure of the two fleets will result in 83 laid-off employees, including 57 truck drivers, from Raven’s facility at 7150 Phillips Highway in Jacksonville.
Officials for Raven Transport did not provide a reason for shutting down the OTR and dedicated fleets but said the closure is permanent. Raven Transport did not immediately respond to a request for comment from FreightWaves.
“All employee separations in connection with this action are expected to occur within a 14-day period beginning on June 30,” the company said.
Raven Transport was founded in 1985. The company has 340 power units and 352 drivers, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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Jon K
Never more
Jason
I wonder what they have left since the majority of their business was the over the road drivers and very few dedicated fleets left. When I worked there they had 500 tractors, 1000 trailers and 500 drivers. No doubt there were some very good office staff mechanics and drivers. The upper echelon were not so much.
Jason
The new owner was the railroad. The problem was raven management had no oversight after the silverman’s left. They were just there to collect your paycheck.
Jason
As a former driver at raven for 4 years 11months The downturn began when the Silverman’s sold their half of the company to Florida East Coast railroad. Before that It was a very good company. Management ran off good drivers because they wanted stupid drivers. Good drivers would know how poorly it was run. The Silvermans never would have put up with that. With the shortage of drivers especially experienced safe drivers that was a grave error. You cannot blame the Silvermans for wanting to Retire.
Edgar Allen
Quoth the raven nevermore…
Jesse
Jim, I think you might be correct but I will double check
D
Worked there from 2005 – 2018. It was a great company under Steve and Judy. Unfortunately, the new owners ran it into the ground.
jim
our country was BOOMING from 2017-2020 because of America first policies. Barack Obama promised to fundamentally transform the United States and with the help of Joe Biden he has done it-do United States is officially a shiite hole.