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...

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Michigan airports support airlift of Pfizer vaccine (with video)

White FedEx cargo aircraft loaded with coronavirus vaccine in Michigan.

Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan, could play an active role in the U.S. and worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccine because it is the closest commercial airport to Pfizer Inc.’s Kalamazoo manufacturing plant.

On Sunday, an Airbus A300 cargo jet operated by FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX) left Ford airport for the 90- minute flight to FedEx’s global air hub in Memphis, Tennessee, carrying the first air shipment of the life-saving vaccine. FedEx has a facility at the...

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