Another One Bites The Dust

dhalltoyo

Veteran Expediter
Jevic Transportation Folds, Citing High Fuel Costs

Carrier Also Cites Sluggish Economy

Truckload and less-than-truckload carrier Jevic Transportation said Monday it is discontinuing operations, due to soaring fuel costs and a weak economy.

“The current high fuel costs, economic downturn, increasing insurance costs, and tightening credit markets have made this decision necessary,” Chief Executive Officer David Gorman wrote in a note to customers on the company’s Web site.

Jevic will stop providing pickup service effective Monday, but will continue delivering all freight within its system prior to closing, Gorman wrote.

Jevic, a former unit of SCS Transportation (now Saia Inc.), was sold to private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners in 2006 for $40 million.

Jevic was ranked No. 71 in last year’s Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.

By Transport Topics
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
nothin like trimming the fat...too bad it's an LTL carrier...we need a few expedite carriers to go belly up....then the survivors would have a better chance.
 

barney

Expert Expediter
nothin like trimming the fat...too bad it's an LTL carrier...we need a few expedite carriers to go belly up....then the survivors would have a better chance.

I just counted 27 Expedite carriers on the home page of EO. Think maybe there are a few too many? Some of them I have never heard of.
 

EagleRiverWI

Seasoned Expediter
4 weeks ago I was on my way home to quit when the company rep called me and talked me into sticking around. He said 3 of the partner carriers went out of business recently. Expedite companies are going out of business and there will probably be a few more soon. In the next 3 weeks, after being talked into staying, I did one $800. load. I am now in orientation at a new company.
 

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
In the next 3 weeks, after being talked into staying, I did one $800. load. I am now in orientation at a new company.

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