McLean Trucking Shuts Down
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — McLean Trucking Co., the nation’s fifth-largest trucking company, temporarily shut down operations today and announced that continuing losses forced it to seek reorganization under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy law.
The abrupt shutdown put 9,800 employees in 45 states out of work and idled about 9,000 tractor-trailer rigs. The giant company’s rigs bearing the red diamond emblem have been a familiar sight on American highways for more than 50 years.
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