Michigan

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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4 dead, 17 injured in fiery tractor-trailer crash in Michigan

The driver of a semitruck involved in a late night crash on Saturday that killed four people and left 17 injured remained hospitalized Monday with serious injuries. 

The crash closed part of Interstate 96 for more than a day. The crash occurred around 11:40 p.m. Saturday in Webberville, a village about 26 miles from Lansing. Michigan State Police had just reopened Interstate 96, which had been closed while DTE Energy crews strung power lines across the roadway, police said in a statement on X. 

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Wheeler Trucking to pay $65K to settle EEOC religious discrimination suit

Wheeler Trucking, an automotive hauling company based in Michigan, will pay $65,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after a Torah-observant employee reported religious discrimination.

Charles R. Lynch III, who practices Torah-observant Christianity, worked for Wheeler from 2016 until 2021 at the company’s Sheffield, Ohio, location. Lynch, who the September lawsuit says identifies as Middle Eastern and of Israeli descent, was subjected to racial...

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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | September 21 – Danish-designed Arctic frigate, US Navy’s newest littoral combat ship and more

The US and Russian navies commission new surface combatants into service as a UK builder lays the keel of the second in a new class of Royal Navy frigates. A Danish design firm meanwhile unveils a multi-role naval vessel capable of operating in Arctic waters. US Navy commissions littoral combat ship Marinette The US Navy […]

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Daily Infographic: Michigan trucking company auctioning equipment after 50 years

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VESSEL REVIEW | Neebish Islander III – Vehicle ferry to serve Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Burger Boat Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin has completed construction of a new Ro-Pax ferry that will be operated year-round on the St. Mary’s River in Michigan’s Up ..

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Marine Projects Vessel News Roundup | October 20 – US Army lock maintenance workboats, electric dredgers for Brazil and more

Delivered vessels include a turbine installation platform for a Chinese operator, an electric dredger for a Brazilian mining company, and a lock maintenance workboat for ..

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Passenger Vessel News Roundup | August 16 – Ferries for the Malacca Strait and Michigan, Chinese cruise ship construction and more

Newly completed vessels include a ferry for an Indonesian operator, a vehicle ferry for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and a Mississippi River cruise ship. Constructio ..

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Dredging set for Maryland’s Fishing Creek navigation channel

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District has awarded a US$3.17 million contract to Michigan-based White Lake Dock and Dredge for maintenance dredging and ..

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