The majority of owner-operators indicated that they would expect to experience significant decreases in their job satisfaction and annual income if they were reclassified to a company driver, ...

Motor carriers that use owner-operators in California are working to re-evaluate their operations in order to meet strict restrictions on the use of independent contractors, as labor officials at the ...

With economic pressures including record inflation, still-high diesel prices, and volatile freight markets hurting the bottom line of even the largest carriers, owner-operators are having to stay on ...

CarriersEdge recently released a new business training course for new and aspiring owner-operators. The Owner Operator Business Skills course was created to educate current company drivers about the ...

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Foundation (OOFI) late in 2023 conducted a pair of surveys with its membership to gauge the impacts of two major issues for owner-operators -- ...

If you are a commercial truck driver who owns your own truck, you may need to maintain several types of business insurance, ...

"It's about the only way I would do it. If you operate for all-miles pay ... you're letting the house hold your cards. [When you do that,] the pay's always going to be less." --Owner-operator Henry ...

A surge in spot market rates that led some truck drivers to leave fleet jobs and go into business for themselves has cooled off, bringing with it a downturn in the number of drivers striking out on ...

The Port of Oakland last week cleared out the truckers that came from throughout the state to protest AB-5— a state law making it more difficult for truck drivers, and other workers, to operate as ...

Truckers are facing an existential crisis as sky-high fuel prices weigh on their bottom line. Soaring diesel prices have pushed many owner-operator drivers to seek the protection of company driving.

The challenges facing the trucking industry are well-established. A tough job made tougher by challenges in the supply chain has led to driver shortages in recent years. But Rocky River-based trucking ...