Tag: Owner Operators
Four separate deadlines are converging on the trucking industry this quarter — a shaky ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz, a deferred USMCA renewal, a freight market that’s quietly re-tightening, and an AI-driven chip shortage nobody’s watching yet. None of these are happening in isolation, and each one compounds the others. Here’s what’s actually driving them, what’s still unverified, and what it means for your fleet’s fuel costs, freight rates, and equipment lead times over the next 90 days.
Summer hits different when you’re behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler. The kids are out of school. RVs are everywhere. Construction crews are tearing up every other mile of interstate you used to know like…
I read a lot of industry interviews. Most of them say nothing. Someone gets asked a hard question and answers with something safe, something polished, something that sounds good but tells you nothing about ow…
If you ask most trucking companies what their biggest cost is, you’ll usually hear the same answers: fuel, insurance, driver pay, and maintenance. And to be fair, those are all real costs that hit your…
In this second installment of our series, we will focus on securing funding for your trucking business. Finding the right financial resources is crucial for getting your business off the ground and ensuring its long-term…
The trucking industry experienced record-high costs last year, but there’s now a notable improvement in maintenance and repair expenses. A recent report from the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and Decisiv reveals a…