Teamsters-staffed less-than-truckload service TP Freight Traces has suspended operations. The corporate “abruptly notified” staff on Aug. 4 “to not report back to work till additional discover,” a press launch from the union mentioned. Calls to the corporate’s foremost telephone switchboard are presently going unanswered.
The Teamsters Joint Council 37 mentioned the corporate didn’t make payroll on Aug. 5 and that it was behind on its well being care premiums, leaving employees “with out medical health insurance for greater than a month.” The corporate was additionally delinquent on retirement account contributions, in keeping with the union.
Based in 1922, Portland, Oregon-based TP Freight specialised in LTL and expedited freight shipments throughout the Pacific Northwest, with nationwide protection offered via interline partnerships. Its Fb web page touts service alongside the “Oregon Coast, Southern Washington and the whole I-5 hall to the Southern Oregon boundaries.”
The firm’s web site lists seven terminals, however a June 2025 Fb put up reveals it offered a facility in Tillamook, Oregon to a neighborhood meals producer. The put up additionally confirmed LTL operations at that facility have been offered to Z-10/Crew Shippers. The Teamsters press launch mentioned TP Freight was offered to Mohamed Hegab across the identical time.
“It’s not clear if Hegab has any expertise working a trucking firm, and he’s claimed to be school on the California State College – Northridge,” the press launch said.
The union mentioned TP Freight’s largest buyer was the Oregon Liquor and Hashish Fee.
TP Freight’s drivers and dockworkers have been represented by the Teamsters.
“The employees and union put forth good religion efforts to make T.P. Freight profitable,” the assertion learn. “The greater than 100-year labor-management relationship is proof of that. Sadly, the employees and union efforts weren’t sufficient to beat the monetary and operational mismanagement at T.P. Freight.”
Teamsters Joint Council 37 didn’t reply to a request for extra info.
Different regional LTL carriers have closed in latest months.
California-based Mountain Valley Specific confirmed to BigRig it closed its 13-terminal community final month. Illinois-based Normal Forwarding Freight shuttered operations at its 14 terminals on the finish of 2025.
Nonetheless, nationwide carriers noticed improved monetary outcomes throughout the second quarter.
Of the 4 public carriers reporting outcomes on a calendar quarter, working margins improved by 90 to 340 foundation factors yr over yr (excluding actual property beneficial properties). The group is actively utilizing know-how to enhance operations and take away prices. The decrease value buildings, together with contractual fee will increase, are driving margin enchancment. Most public carriers are guiding to additional y/y enchancment within the third quarter.
Why it issues? Because the business enters a development section following an prolonged downturn, massive nationwide LTL carriers are delivering stable efficiency. Conversely, regional operators that lack the assets to spend money on needed know-how and infrastructure are more and more pressured to exit the market.
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