US trucking casualties mount as driver shortage and rising costs bite

The US trucking market has claimed two casualties inside 24 hours.
On Tuesday, HVH Transportation, a mid-sized firm with 344 tractor units and 324 drivers on its payroll, abruptly ceased operations.
The Denver-based firm, founded in the 1950s, had operated in all states west of the Appalachian mountains except in the deep south.
And yesterday brought news that Georgia-based Ready Trucking, which has 108 power units and 91 drivers, was shutting down.
Their demise brings …

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