Reports: 51-year-old Michigan trucking company halts operations

Equity Transportation Co. Inc., a Walker, Michigan-based trucking company, has ceased operations, marking another casualty of the freight market. Multiple sources close to the company confirmed with FreightWaves that the company has shut down, letting go of all of its drivers and halting operations of its vehicles. 

According to reports on Facebook, drivers are still waiting to hear about their final wages, while some have dealt with recent bounced checks.

Equity Transportation has yet to make a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/reports-51-year-old-michigan-trucking-company-halts-operations

Flood threat spreading from Plains to Great Lakes (with forecast video)

Flooded road with "Road Closed" sign.

Tropical Storm Cristobal crashed into the Gulf Coast last weekend, making landfall on the Louisiana coast Sunday evening.

Many areas were flooded by storm surge and torrential rains, with closures mainly on secondary roads.

SONAR Critical Events and radar: Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 9 a.m. EDT

The remnants of the storm have been moving slowly northward since landfall, centered near Jefferson City, Missouri as of this morning. The system has traveled only around 660 miles, averaging a forward speed of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flood-threat-spreading-from-plains-to-great-lakes-with-forecast-video