Kentucky Trucking Firm Closes Doors

Louisville, Ky., trucking company C.W. Johnson Xpress said this week it was closing its doors due to high costs, the Louisville-Courier Journal reported.

The company, which has about 150 workers, was past due on an $8.3 million loan and was hurt by high diesel prices, the paper said.

Indianapolis-based Celadon Group may take over some of the firm’s customer base, but details were still being decided, the Courier-Journal reported.

Charlie Johnson, the company’s owner and chief executive officer, founded Active Transportation in 1987 and sold his interest in 2000 after it became one of Louisville’s most prominent minority-owned firms, the paper reported.