It’s quite the challenging time to be in the construction industry. Though many areas of the country are seeing increasing demand for new homes and commercial buildings, companies themselves are struggling with a robust economy that has one of the lowest unemployment rates in recent history. That’s making it hard to find the type of […]
Best Places to Park When You Have No Choice
Now that the electronic logging mandate is in full effect and going nowhere fast, you might find you need to improve your outlook on trucker parking. Yes, it’s time to figure out the best places to park when you are out on the road and your digital companion tells you that you’ve run out of […]
6 Ways to Reduce Your Commercial Trucking Insurance Premiums
Semi truck insurance is a hard-hitting expense for a small fleet owner or independent owner-operator. The continued rate increase by as much as 20% when there are minor claims does not help transportation companies manage overhead. Regardless of how clean your driving record is, your commercial trucking insurance keeps increasing. Unfortunately, commercial truck insurance is not […]
Trucking on Your Own Authority? Here Are Some Helpful Insurance Tips for New Owner-Operators
Being your own boss as an independent owner-operator can be rewarding. Accepting jobs on your terms and managing your own time and resources can lead to significant opportunities and a higher level of satisfaction than working for others. To avoid the pitfalls of owning your own business, you, as an independent trucker, must understand each […]
Insuring Logistics Equipment – Who Covers You?
When you’re building a logistics network, particularly one that stitches to together a number of external players from your own organization, the issue liability will eventually come up, both for the shipping of goods as well as for the management and operation of the equipment doing the shipping and movement. The problem with the liability […]