Yellow, which formerly went by the name YRC Worldwide, received the $700 million loan during the summer of 2020 as the pandemic was paralyzing the U.S. economy.
As of the end of March, Yellow’s outstanding debt was $1.5 billion, including about $730 million that it owes to the federal government.
Yellow has paid approximately $66 million in interest on the loan, but it has repaid just $230 of the principal owed on the loan, which comes due next year.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment ahead of the bankruptcy filing, and the Treasury Department declined to comment.
Yellow is the third-largest small-freight-trucking company in a part of the industry known as “less than truckload” shipping.
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