Central Freight Lines

Check Call: Pour one out for the fallen homie

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Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves

It’s the end of an era. Central Freight Lines is closing its doors for good – 96 years after opening for business. The Texas-based company has taken a bit of a different approach to the closure versus the last major carrier closure of Celadon. Central Freight has stopped picking up shipments, and finishing out delivering the loads they have in their system. Approximately 70% of their business was 3PL-based.

Some say the writing was on the wall for Central...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-pour-one-out-for-the-fallen-homie

Loaded and Rolling: Holiday trucking closures, firings and driver hirings

Central Freight Lines shuts down, U.S. Xpress fires truckload exec and ACT releases driver hiring data

Central Freight Lines to shut down after 96 years
(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Central Freight Lines to shut down after 96 years

Central Freight Lines is shutting down after 96 years in operation. The LTL carrier based in Waco, Texas, has over 2,100 employees including 1,325 drivers, 1,600 power units and approximately 820 office staff at the Waco company headquarters. This announcement makes...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loaded-and-rolling-holiday-trucking-closures-firings-and-driver-hirings

FreightCareers can help Central Freight Lines employees and others find employment

In an exclusive report, FreightWaves’ Senior Editor of Investigations and Enterprise Clarissa Hawes reported on December 9 that Central Freight Lines (CFL) of Waco, Texas notified drivers, employees and customers that the less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier is winding down operations today after 96 years. It is the largest trucking company closure since Celadon ceased operations in 2019. 

FreightWaves established FreightCareers on December 10, 2019, in the wake of the Celadon shutdown. At that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightcareers-can-help-central-freight-lines-employees-and-others-find-employment

Exclusivo: Central Freight Lines cerrará después de 96 años

Central Freight Lines, con sede en Waco, Texas, ha notificado a los conductores, empleados y clientes que el transportador de carga menor a la de camión planea cerrar sus operaciones el lunes después de 96 años, dijo el presidente de la compañía a FreightWaves el sábado.

“Es horrible”, dijo el presidente de CFL, Bruce Kalem.

Una fuente cercana a CFL dijo a FreightWaves que CFL tenía “demasiadas deudas y demasiadas facturas sin pagar” para seguir operando, a pesar de explorar todas las opciones...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/exclusivo-central-freight-lines-cerrara-despues-de-96-anos

Reaction to news of Central Freight Lines shutting down

After 96 years, Central Freight Lines plans to shut down. FreightWaves’ Clarissa Hawes broke the news on Saturday night, and reaction has been swift ever since — on what’s next for the drivers and other CFL employees, how the company got to this point, how it will impact the LTL market, and so one.

Here’s a sampling of reactions and analysis on the various FreightWaves channels, as well as the rest of the freight world.

Watch: Central Freight’s impact on the LTL industry

WHAT THE TRUCK?!?: End of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reaction-to-news-of-central-freight-lines-shutting-down

Exclusive: Central Freight Lines to begin closure proceedings Monday

Waco, Texas-based Central Freight Lines has notified drivers, employees and customers that the less-than-truckload carrier plans to wind down operations on Monday after 96 years, the company’s president told FreightWaves on Saturday.

“It’s just horrible,” said CFL President Bruce Kalem.

A source close to CFL told FreightWaves that CFL had “too much debt and too many unpaid bills” to continue operating, despite exploring all available options to keep its doors open.

Kalem agreed.

“Years of operating...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/exclusive-central-freight-lines-to-begin-closure-proceedings-monday

Exclusive: Central Freight Lines to shut down after 96 years

2100 employees will be laid off right before Christmas. Central Freight Lines is the largest trucking company to close since Celadon ceased operations in 2019.

Waco, Texas-based Central Freight Lines has notified drivers, employees and customers that the less-than-truckload carrier plans to wind down operations on Monday after 96 years, the company’s president told FreightWaves on Saturday.

“It’s just horrible,” said CFL President Bruce Kalem.

A source close to CFL told FreightWaves that CFL had...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/exclusive-central-freight-lines-to-shut-down-after-96-years

FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Central Freight Lines has served its customers for 95+ years

A Central Freight Lines tractor pulls its twin-trailer load. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Central Freight Lines, Inc., a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, began in Waco, Texas, in 1925 with a single Model T truck. Its founder, W.W. “Woody” Callan, Sr., founded the company as Central Forwarding and Warehouse Company and transported goods to Dallas and Waco merchants with that single vehicle. Callan had gained his trucking and transportation knowledge while working as an assistant to a warehouse foreman at the Weathered Transfer and Storage company prior to building his own business....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-haul-of-fame-central-freight-lines-has-served-its-customers-for-95-years

The Daily Dash: Recent cyberattacks having ripple effects across supply chain

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, cyberattacks are causing issues at two industry players. An attack on Forward Air is having supply chain implications, and Central Freight Lines has also acknowledged it was victimized. Plus, FedEx and UPS are receiving plaudits for their early performance in vaccine distribution.  

Cyberattack on Forward Air having ripple effects

The ransomware attack on Forward Air’s (NASDAQ: FRWD) operational and...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/the-daily-dash-recent-cyberattacks-having-ripple-effects-across-supply-chain

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Headlines

Central Freight Lines is the latest transportation company to suffer a cyberattack, with hackers knocking its operating system and call center offline last week. 

Forward Air was also hit by a ransomware attack last week and a new disclosure to the SEC reveals it may cost Forward Air some revenue. The company says it is back up and operating but is still actively responding to the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/driving-the-autonomous-vehicle-market-in-2021-midday-market-update

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