Monson Trucking to Shut Down

Monson Trucking, Duluth, Minn., will shut down operations Aug. 31, the Associated Press reported.

The company’s employees were told last week that terminals in Red Wing and Virginia, Minn., and Mauston, Wis., would close immediately, while the Duluth operations would close at the end of August, AP said.

Owner Michael Monson told AP that the economic downturn, the decline of the paper industry and bankruptcy of two of the carrier's main customers prompted the action.

The 94-year-old firm employs 200 and has about 200 tractors and 500 trailers, according to American Trucking Associations’ fleet directory.