[Bullwinkle]

Jevic Transportation President David Gorman announced today on their website that they are shutting down permanently, citing fuel costs as one of their primary reasons.

From their website:

I regret to inform you that Jevic Transportation Inc. will be discontinuing operations. The current high fuel costs, economic downturn, increasing insurance costs, and tightening credit markets have made this decision necessary. Jevic will stop providing pickup service effective Monday 5/19/08. However, we will continue operating to deliver all freight within our system prior to closing.

Jevic downsized just recently, but assured their customers, employees, and independent contractors that they were not going out of business. Looks like their downsizing plan wasn't enough.

For those that thought only the small independents were going to be pushed out of business because of fuel prices, here is a good example of a larger company that has now been forced to close the doors. This puts many people out of work, form the offic personell, to the company drivers who will be searching for another company to drive for, and also quite a few owner operators who will now be looking for another company to lease on to.

For any company drivers who don't think this is their problem, better think again because unless something changes, your company could be next

[Tn. Truckers Wife]

Look like the o/o maybe able to outlast some of the big trucking co.'s

[truckers2unite]

dammit not long and more will close doors
personally i am calling it quits at the end of the month too i refuse to pay these prices for fuel and keep feeding the mouths of these greedy bastards oil co's futures investors etc. plus we need to show pa a lesson when a lot of pa trucks don't renew our plates at the end of this month
didn't figure an actual plan b yet but i might go drive for fed ex or maybe an office job or hell maybe open my repair business again at a different location only time will tell wish i could just retire and say the hell with all of it and live off the land lol
mark

[Bullwinkle]

This is a 27 year old company, and even after the recent downsizing there were still 1900 employees left that will now be looking for work. And it isn't just company drivers, it is the office staff, and owner operators who were leased on to Jevic.

I just finished reading an article on philly.com where the drivers stated they had no idea this was going to happen either. Basically, they were told that the freight that was there now will be delivered, and then they are done.

This means there will be even more owner operators out there who are desperate to cover their truck payments and feed their family, so some of you who are lucky enough to be hauling good paying freight will have more people out there willing to haul it cheaper because they are desperate.

The company I used to drive for gave out the news the same way. I seen the writing on the wall due to the way the industry was headed, but 40 other drivers found out before they got their backhaul back home that it would be their last load. So they basically had a couple days to think about what they were going to do next.

[truckers2unite]

hey i hear from company drivers all the time "I DON'T PAY FOR THE FUEL WHY SHOULD I PROTEST OR WORRY" imagine that i bet they wished they never said that huh this just sucks it's not getting any better anytime soon either
glad i can just let it sit no payments no nothing i'm one of the more fortunate ones i guess a payment on a truck today is like a death wish

mark
TACU

[Tn. Truckers Wife]

My husband is looking for other work. If he finds another job, I'm going to park his truck in the front yard and put a big sing on it "BROKE, CAN'T AFFORD FUEL".

[truckers2unite]

Originally Posted by TN. TRUCKERS WIFE

My husband is looking for other work. If he finds another job, I'm going to park his truck in the front yard and put a big sing on it "BROKE, CAN'T AFFORD FUEL".

i want to put on mine one less truck to feed the greedy motherf%^&rs more money!

[Tn. Truckers Wife]

Originally Posted by truckers2unite

i want to put on mine one less truck to feed the greedy motherf%^&rs more money!

Heck, i like that even better. lol

[truckers2unite]

or f%$k you oil bastards stick it up ur ass eat your sand and drink your oil opec!! lol

[Bullwinkle]

Originally Posted by truckers2unite

hey i hear from company drivers all the time "I DON'T PAY FOR THE FUEL WHY SHOULD I PROTEST OR WORRY" imagine that i bet they wished they never said that huh this just sucks it's not getting any better anytime soon either

What they need to understand is that as all these costs increase, it prevents them from getting better pay as a company driver, it forces higher costs for benefits, and it ultimately puts these companies in a strain, and you end up seeing what happened to Jevic.

A typical basket full of groceries will easily cost you over $300 now, not to mention the cost of gas just to get to the damn grocery store in the first place. And it is just going to get worse.

People need to wake up, and quick. If they don't see what happened to Jevic as that wake up call, I don't know what it is going to take. Many people got involved in trying to change things during February and March, and much of that movement went back quiet after April. I hope this will help fuel the fire that was in these people just a few short months ago, as well as gets many more people thinking about their future (or lack of)