Active Truck Transport, Auto Truck Transport and Unimark file chapter 11 bankruptcy
Times are tough and if you have excessive overhead you may as well get in line at the Bankruptcy courts. We have watched PTS struggle and fold sending a lot of hard-working people to the unemployment lines and now JHT Holdings looks to be in trouble as well. They have over 1300 drivers plus support staff. I hope it goes better for them than the PTS employees! You can read their official statement here
in PDF.
Land line has reported very well on this. Here is part of there report you can click the link to read the whole thing:
Company officials reported in the bankruptcy filing that while the company has between $100 million and $500 million in assets, it also has liabilities of between $100 million to $500 million.
Reuters reported company officials blame JHT’s decline on a significant reduction in demand for large diesel trucks after new emission standards in 2007 increased the costs of making diesel engines, leading to higher truck prices.
Company officials do not expect daily operations to be affected.
July 21st, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Randy Says:
Unimark is a dirtbag, ripoff carhaul company that needs to be OUT OF BUSINESS! Their service has always sucked and they they screw the drivers on a daily basis.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Mike Says:
Randy’s comment is harsh, but sadly it is too close to the bullseye….I hauled one load for Unimark and will not repeat my mistake. I have talked to other Unimark drivers and they confirm Randy’s sentiment.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
JS Says:
There are lots of bad carhaul companies out there, but Unimark is far from being a bad one. I know for a fact the management there has bent over backwards to help drivers out and this is the thanks they get.
Maybe if you actually went to work instead of sitting in the truck stop for 3 days bitching about your load you would have made some money.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:47 am
One of the many other Carhaul Companies Says:
As one of the over two hundred transport company’s hauling for Unimark because they went above and beyond with service to the customer and transports that hauled for them I would like to state they always had cars to haul when others were slow and paid the outside transport quicker and better than any other company. I know they used a pecking order on transports they loaded and if you were a good carhauler you stayed busy. Over two hundred companys signed up to haul for Unimark says it all! They all wanted to be a part of a great team that was put out of business by others that wanted to do the job for less money. In this sad state of the economy this is a trend. I understand the rate cutter companies are still hauling for lower rates and that is a sad state for the carhaul industry. If Randy only ran one load for Unimark he probably did a BAD job and was at the bottom of the pecking order and Unimark wouldn’t load him anymore and Mike is one of his truck stop buddies. Most Unimark drivers were with them for several years till the rate cutters got them and know they had the best loads available to outside transporters and for the drivers they had. No other company had what they had to offer and if you were on the outside looking in you probably deserved to be. Ask the other good company about Unimark and you will find out what a great company Unimark was. One of the most honest transport companies there was.
July 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Amen one of the many Says:
I agree with “One of the many”. There was no other Non-Traditional Auto Carrier like Unimark. They had round trip/loaded both waydeals they loaded their transports and countless outside carriers with and had cars when most didn’t. They always settled up quickley and before most and had no hidden surprises at setllement time. I believe JS is talking about when they would loan out several thousand dollar to the drivers they had that would need a complete overhaul or a costly breakdown and Unimark would not hesistate to front the dollars out at no charge. you couldn’t find many companies that willing to help out the driver. The Randy and Mike guys sound like the carhauler wantabees there is out there. If they knew anything or had anything on the ball they wouldn’t have posted the own image in the mirror. talk to any real carhauler anywhere east of the Mississippi to the east coast and from Canada to the bottom of Florida and they would aggree. “We lost a great Non-Traditional Carhaul Company when Unimark went away.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Teamsters leadership feeling backlash after NO vote · TransportFool Says:
[...] down and in turn the union carriers are finding it hard to turn a profit. Allied ,PTS, Active, and Unimark are examples that come to mind. The union carriers have in the past set the standard, but as I [...]
November 19th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Jeff P Says:
I worked for Unimark and can verify that they were one of the better carhaul companies in the industry. They never ripped off their drivers and always helped with repairs. If drivers were having personal money problems, they would help out with an advance when asked. The management team of John, Mike and Cliff were the most professional, honorable men that anyone would hope to work for.
Sounds like complainers Randy and Mike didn’t know what it takes to run a carhaul operation, let alone a carhauler. Perhaps they should go back to playing with Tonka trucks.