The Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is making a push for exemptions to the FMCSA mandate for electronic logging devices, which went into effect at the end of 2017. OOIDA claims that independent operators and small trucking companies will...
Economics and how commerce in the United States is something most people rarely discuss. The economy at large is background noise when the evening news is on, and hardly any reports are free of bad news. However, the dynamics of...
While the trucking industry at large is trying to manage a shortage of drivers, and brokers are scrambling to find carriers to take on large shipments, one are of the industry is set to clean up. Small business truckers kicked...
It’s that magical season when owner operators gather their paperwork together to file taxes. However, there are a number of tax deductions truckers can claim to lower the amount they have to pay, or even recoup some money for the...
There is not doubt that technology can made some major changes to the trucking industry over the past few years. Love it or hate it, technology is slated to become more integrated in our lives. Yet the advances in tech...
We are now into our second month after the ELD mandate went live. As of late January, Bloomberg and Truckstop published a Truckload Survey which showed some interesting numbers. Truckload Survey Shows Non-Compliant Fleets Overall, the Truckload Survey showed that...
Late last year, the ELD mandate went into effect, and drastically cut back on the driving hours for truckers in the United States. While the mandate over electronic logging devices has divided the trucking industry, Canada may have hit upon...
The White House has its sights set on reworking NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. However, what was once thought of as an easy renegotiation has caused increased tensions between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. If all parties...
The demand for oil truckers has been on the rise this winter, but the reason has little to do with an unusually cold season or storms along the southern states. The production of petroleum, petroleum products, and oil prices in...
Over the past year alone, trucking technology has been going through a revolution of sorts. The truth is that Silicon Valley, comprised of major corporations and ambitious startups, have focused on the trucking industry as one of the remaining untapped...
