Chattanooga

Trident Transport grows headcount by 25% during COVID-19

Trident Transport, a full-truckload freight brokerage based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with offices in Tampa, Florida, and Minneapolis, has pushed through pandemic-related disruptions to the transportation industry and continued growing at a rapid clip.

Trident was named to the Inc. 5000 list of the country’s fastest-growing companies for the third year in a row, recording a three-year revenue growth rate of 768.8%. Founded in 2013 by freight industry veterans from Access America and Coyote...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trident-transport-grows-headcount-by-25-during-covid-19

FreightWaves Carrier Summit: Driver pay may rise alongside rates (with video)

Carriers looking to attract more drivers may have to get creative with recruitment, as well as consider raising pay or adding bonuses, said Rob Hatchett, president of SeatMyTrucks.

FreightWaves’ JT Engstrom talked with Hatchett Wednesday during the FreightWaves Carrier Summit. The event, with headline sponsor Blume Global, is streaming live Wednesday and Thursday on FreightWavesTV and on freightwaves.com. 

“I think for the month of September, we’re going to see a bunch of driver pay increases or...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-carrier-summit-driver-pay-may-rise-alongside-rates-with-video

Third-party logistics provider pays $152,000 to recover Celadon trucks ‘quarantined’ in Mexico

A Chattanooga, Tennessee-based company had to pay more than $150,000 to retrieve five Celadon trucks “quarantined” in Mexico back in December, according to recently released court documents.

The court filings are part of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware hearings for trucking company Celadon Group, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 9.

Sese Logistics U.S. had to pay $152,433 in fees and expenses to obtain the release of five loads of goods from Mexico in December,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/third-party-logistics-provider-pays-152000-to-recover-celadon-trucks-quarantined-in-mexico

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