Nailed it.
When you are operating on contracts that suddenly are outdated but you can't raise your rates to cover the unexpected increase in costs, your money will run out rather quickly.
No money left to pay wages, buy fuel, etc. you've hit the bingo point.
I wouldn't be surprised if other companys/corporations follow suit soon.
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From a thread from 4 years ago, there seems to be a trend;
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2019 has been a challenging year for truck drivers and their employers. About 640 trucking companies went bankrupt in the first half of the year,
according to industry data from Broughton Capital LLC. That's more than triple the roughly 175 bankruptcies from the same period last year.
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ACT Research has said America's $800 billion trucking market entered a recession early this year. Freight volumes have declined
for 11 straight months. Manufacturing, which tracks the trucking industry, has contracted
for four straight months.
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The source of Celadon's troubles dates back further, however. On Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged two former Celadon executives following a multiyear accounting scandal.
The news plunged Celadon's stock to $0.41 a share on Friday — a considerable tumble from the more than $20 a share that the stock was worth in 2015 before the accounting scandal became public knowledge. As of Tuesday, share prices were at $0.02.
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Celadon declared bankruptcy on Dec. 9, and that collapse is worrying truck drivers that they may be stranded.
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This is one of the largest trucking companies in the nation. It's one out of 640 trucking companies that went bankrupt this year. Which is 3 times as many that went bankrupt last year. This will result in over 3 thousand truckers to lose their jobs. Many are being stranded without a way to get...
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