Where Are Amazon Warehouses in the U.S. for Truckers?
Did you know that Amazon has 1,285 active facilities, fulfillment centers, and delivery hubs with another 231 coming? That’s nearly 500 million square feet of potential freight! In a previous…
Florida Tort Reform Reduces Predatory Lawsuit Practices Targeting Trucking Companies
On March 24, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed a tort reform bill that should help trucking companies in the state of Florida, effective immediately. Unfortunately, there are a few bad actors…
Finding Loads: How to Find and Negotiate With Shippers for Direct Customer Freight
No matter the size of your fleet, if you want to make good money, you need Direct Customers. But how? As an owner operator or a small fleet owner, you…
Finding Loads: How To Use Brokers, Load boards, and Government Contracts
There are a lot of ways to find loads, including brokers, load boards and government contracts, and each method has its benefits and drawbacks. Carriers using freight brokers is the…
Finding Loads: Three Types of Freight and Why It Matters
There are three types of freight: contract freight, spot-market freight, and relationship freight. One of the most important skills to develop in the transportation industry is learning how to find…
Trucker Path and Netradyne Caught In Silicon Valley Bank Meltdown
Biden administration on Sunday bails out failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) to guarantee customers will have access to all their money starting Monday. The banking crisis was close to a…
New Trucking Companies Can Pay-Per-Mile For Insurance
Don’t pay for high insurance costs if you barely run loads! Motor carriers are the backbone that keeps our economy moving but not all new owner-operators are moving a lot…
Trucking Start-up: How to Manage Cash Outflow
Once you start getting paid, everything is golden, right? Well, this is where the real work begins. As we mentioned in part one of our managing cashflow series, where we…
Trucking Start-up: How to Manage Cash Inflow
Let’s be very clear: cash is not king... cashFLOW is king. Running a trucking company requires a lot of attention to detail. If anything falls through the cracks, your company…
Financial Responsibility of Broker and Freight Forwarders May Be Changing
FMCSA submitted a proposed rulemaking and is seeking comments on changes to Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility. Previously, FMCSA implemented the MAP-21 requirement to increase the financial security amount…
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