When the FMCSA launched its Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse in 2020, the goal was to create better compliance and safety guidelines within the trucking...
Legislation and the Trucking Industry
There has always been a love/hate relationship between the trucking industry lawmakers at State and Federal levels. For the most part, the legislation...
How Invoice Factoring Is Used by Major Industries
Invoice factoring is utilized by businesses in almost every industry where invoices are issued with payment schedules of 30, 60, or 90 days. The purpo...
Trucking Industry Finds Solutions to Ongoing Challenges
For the past few years, the trucking industry has faced major challenges ranging from driver shortages to fuel, capital, insurance, and more. Consider...
Equipment, Tech, and Emissions Top Trends in the Trucking Industry
As the trucking industry prepares to enter Q3, carriers, owner-operators, and even emerging fleet owners are staying on top of trends for advantages a...
The DRIVE Act Could Remove Speed Limiters for Truckers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) have long been pushing for speed limiters for hea...
Diesel Prices Are Down, But What’s the Bigger Picture?
For trucking companies that have been watching their expenses like a hawk, the good news is that diesel prices have fallen by about half of what they ...
Easing Supply Chain Issues and Tax Credits for Truck Drivers
The trucking industry is currently suffering from a major driver deficit. The industry as a whole is short by nearly 80,000 drivers, and there was a l...
Setting Liability Limits for Trucking Companies
For years, the trucking industry has been caught between a rock and a hard place with “nuclear verdicts,” with courts levying payouts averaging in the...
What Does It Take to Successfully Launch a Trucking Company?
Many owner-operators are taking the leap from hauling shipments by themselves to multiplying their earning by launching trucking companies of their ow...
New Trucking Companies: Finding Shipments and Dispatching
New trucking companies tend to work locally, but there is an ebb and flow to demand. Sometimes it can seem like feast or famine trying to find loads f...
Insurance Company Rates Drive Across All Lanes with Trucking Industry
The American Transportation Research Institute reported that insurance premiums for trucking companies increased on average from 0.059 cents per mile ...
Will the Trucking Industry See the Federal Excise Tax Repealed?
For years, there have been initiatives to move the trucking industry away from fossil fuels and find ways to reduce the overall carbon footprint. From...
Stop B2B Cash Flow Slowdowns
In the B2B arena, cash flow slowdowns are becoming more prevalent. Last year the private and public sectors combined reported waiting more than 90 day...
Starting Your Own Trucking Company: The Biggest Expenses
Starting a trucking company is profitable, and helps improve currently strained supply chains. Whether you want to operate locally, service specific i...
Insurance Rate Hikes Target the Trucking Industry
Insurance rates have been climbing over the past few years, with no sign of slowing down. In a recent study by Bloomberg, insurance rates seem to be o...
How to Lower Insurance Costs for Your Trucking Company
Insurance rates for trucking companies have been on the rise, and providers have been warning internally that they should expect more increases throug...
2023 Could Be the Year of Women in Trucking
Despite the driver shortage – or maybe in spite of it – women are starting careers in the trucking industry at record rates. For some, it is a way to ...
The Electric Switch Poses a Major Challenge for the Trucking Industry
2030 may seem like a long way off, but the initiative rolled out in 2022 for the trucking industry to switch to electric power is coming up fast. That...
Dispelling Myths About Trucking and the Economy
While mainstream news outlets keep posting headlines about a possible recession, the struggle of small businesses, the price of diesel, and other doom...
