Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covenant Transport Group, a transportation and logistics company, has announced that it will be closing its subsidiary Southern Refergerated Transport's terminal located in Texarkana, Arkansas.
The layoff, scheduled for May 1, 2020 will impact approximatel 150 office workers as it consolidates and transfers operations in Chattanooga, Tennessee. No drivers are included in the layoff and will be relocated to the company's operations in Chattanooga, Nashville, and Greeneville, Tennessee.
A company spokesperson noted, "This action, while regrettable and extremely painful to many in our enterprise and especially to those directly impacted, is necessary to focus our staffing and capital towards our targeted business units and to lower overhead costs."
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