Logistics layoffs top 1,000 as 15 freight firms hit bankruptcy court

US transportation and logistics employers have announced 1,021 job cuts across ten companies, while 15 freight-related businesses filed for bankruptcy between Sept. 14 and Nov. 10 — 13 of them in the past three weeks alone.

The layoff figures come from company announcements and Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices compiled by FreightWaves between late October and Nov. 11. They cover California, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Connecticut and New York. Several warehouse closures won't take effect until early 2027.

What does this change for shippers and 3PL customers? Contract losses and facility shutdowns mean capacity exits in contract logistics, and in some markets that's already reshuffling warehouse options.

Where the biggest cuts landed

DSV Contract Logistics leads the list. The company plans to eliminate 175 jobs at its Edwardsville, Illinois, facility beginning Dec. 5, after losing a customer contract, according to the Illinois WARN notice.

National Distribution Centers follows with 293 combined cuts: a permanent closure of its Perris, California, distribution facility costing 167 jobs effective Jan. 4, 2027, and the elimination of 126 positions in Groveport, Ohio, between Jan. 5 and Jan. 19.

Other announced reductions:

• CEVA Supply Chain — 120 positions at Lockbourne, Ohio, by June 2027
• Amazon — 94 employees at its La Puente, California, fulfillment center, closing at the end of January; some staff may transfer
• Kenco Logistic Services — 81 employees at a warehouse near Myerstown, Pennsylvania, shutting between March 1 and June 15
• Oshkosh Corp. — roughly 80 salaried transport-segment positions in late October, alongside a lowered full-year profit outlook
• S&S Worldwide — 70 layoffs in Colchester, Connecticut
• Worldwide Flight Services — 59 permanent layoffs in San Diego, per an Oct. 29 WARN notice
• S.S. Delivery Systems — 49 workers in Rochester, New York, under a facility closure notice

Notably, the 1,021 total counts announced future layoffs, not completed ones.

Which carriers went to bankruptcy court?

Chapter 7 liquidation petitions — which involve selling nonexempt assets to pay creditors — include Winners Trucking of Dallas (filed Oct. 21, Northern District of Texas, no-asset case), Bruin Logistics of Cicero, Illinois (Nov. 9, Northern District of Illinois, also no-asset), and JYM Trucking of Florida (Oct. 27, Middle District of Florida). JYM listed one truck and one driver. RP3 Hauler, an Orlando auto transport and interstate freight carrier, and Priority Freight & Logistics of Pennsylvania also filed Chapter 7.

Chapter 11, which allows reorganization, drew a cluster of Texas filings:

• X-Total Cattle Transportation (El Paso livestock carrier, Nov. 10) — liabilities of $500,000 to $1 million against assets under $50,000; it previously ran four power units with five drivers, and its USDOT registration went inactive in October
• Tri State Truck Repair (El Paso, Nov. 2) — assets and liabilities each $500,000 to $1 million; heavy-duty repair along the I-10 corridor
• SW Truck Care (Grand Prairie, Nov. 9) — assets and liabilities each $1 million to $10 million

In Florida, agricultural hauler KR Transport & Services filed Chapter 11 on Oct. 29 with assets and liabilities between $1 million and $10 million.

Distress spreads beyond trucking

The filings reach into freight-adjacent sectors. Grapeman, a Beverly Hills fresh fruit distributor, filed Chapter 11 on Oct. 23 with liabilities of $10 million to $50 million against assets of $1 million to $10 million. Getpart LA, the Gardena, California-based Fitparts automotive collision parts e-commerce operation, filed Oct. 26. Torres Metal Recycling of Sealy, Texas, also filed Oct. 23.

One earlier case still matters. SICC Logistx, a North Carolina Amazon Delivery Service Partner, filed Chapter 11 on Sept. 14 and is fighting to keep its Amazon Logistics contract while disputing merchant cash advance debt.

The pattern is blunt. Small carriers are liquidating with no assets to distribute, mid-size repair and hauling firms are restructuring, and contract logistics providers are shedding sites on lost business — with WARN schedules pushing job losses well into 2027, the distress signal runs longer than this filing cycle.