Several truckers weighed in after a story in the Overdrive Extra blog last week noted that, despite overall spot market freight volumes surging back toward pre-coronavirus levels, the number of truck ...

Employee or independent contractor? For many heavy-duty trucking companies that use leased owner-operator truck drivers, the final answer might require a coin toss. On Jan. 10, the Labor Department ...

Together, the two logistics leaders will give brokers greater access to free load posting services, with increased reach to TruckSmarter’s 120,000 carriers, and the convenience of one-click posting to ...

A freshly updated freight rate survey lends even more credence to the pain that small fleets and owner-operators have felt for the past year trying to do business by relying on the volatile spot ...

For owner-operators and small fleets working in the spot market, the fragmentation within the trucking industry means many load details coming in from different load boards – data that is often ...

Getting authority brings plenty risk for owner-ops, but also no small potential for reward. Here find plenty advice on ways to start and cement relationships with direct shippers, vet brokers, and ...

Leasing owner-operators is one of the quickest ways a trucking company can increase the fleet’s capacity. However, there are several pitfalls with using leased owner-operators, for both the company ...