News / US clients scramble to find LTL capacity after sudden demise of CFL

© Robert Byron

It is going to be a gloomy Christmas for employees and clients of Central Freight Lines (CFL).

Customers of the LTL carrier were probably expecting seasonal greetings from their salesperson, but the message on the company’s website is starkly different.

“Central Freight Lines is winding down its business,” it reads. “We will no longer be picking up freight. We will continue to deliver the freight we have in our system. Thank you.”

Management expects to complete all the outstanding deliveries by 20 December.

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