O&S Trucking Files for Bankruptcy

O&S Trucking, Springfield, Mo., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the Springfield News-Leader reported Thursday.

Despite the bankruptcy filing, Jim O’Neal, the company’s CEO and co-founder, said O&S may partner with refrigerated carrier Prime Inc. to continue operations, the News-Leader reported.

Springfield-based Prime Inc. is ranked No. 22 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers and is the second-largest refrigerated carrier.

O’Neal, who became a vice chairman of American Trucking Associations in October, recently stepped down from that post. He was also the 2007-08 chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association.