The Benefits and Challenges of Owning and Operating a Small Trucking Business

The trucking industry is having its finest hour now: the post-COVID-19 commotion has released the unbridled and resolute spirit of both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses to resume their pandemic-affected operations. The means for resuscitating the global and heavy commercial processes, in turn, were quickly and promptly drilled into the worldwide pandemic-free parade. As you may…

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How to Effectively Market Your Owner-Operator Business

Going for it as an independent owner-operator is an option that’s bursting with unparalleled advantages and broadens horizons for truckers who want to craft their own logistics businesses. Once desperate drivers have gotten from the backseat of the trucking industry to its wheel and become owner-operators, they should understand it’s no time to sigh with…

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Owner Operator Land Monthly Trucking News Digest #123

Go Green with Cargo Bikes According to research made by British scientists, switching from diesel vans to bicycles would largely eliminate fuel emissions, saving taxpayers $5 billion. Drivers from across the world are making a big move towards electric vehicles, but a much simpler and more efficient method of cutting emissions is opting for bicycles. Read…

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Understanding the Legal and Regulatory Requirements for Owner-Operators

Running your own trucking business comes with a wide range of benefits and advantages over working for a transportation company as a regular driver. However, as an occupation rich in opportunities and financial gain, owner-operator’s business sometimes challenges truckers to adjust to often discomforting and edgy requirements and regulations. Given how complex and burdening some…

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The Importance of Maintaining Good Relationships with Brokers and Customers

In the modern transportation industry, brokers and customers have a plethora of options when it comes to choosing the company to partner with or use logistics services. With only the US Customs Brokerage Market valued at more than $4 billion, the brokerage industry worldwide now features thousands of dependable and professional brokers. Moreover, the number…

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How to Choose the Right Truck for Your Owner-Operator Business

Managing a trucking business as an owner-operator is a highly lucrative and engaging thing to do, especially in today’s logistics-dependent business environment. However, just like any other profitable business activity, being an owner-operator is sometimes fraught with a small number of challenges and pitfalls, one of them being selecting the best truck.  No matter how meaningless…

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Tips for Becoming a Successful Owner-Operator

Transporting goods across the US mainland as an employee of a reputable logistics company is a way to go! But being a self-employed driver and proudly applying the “owner-operator” title to oneself is even better – independent trucking is gaining its momentum as the grand mission that the transportation industry holds is becoming more and…

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