Owner-operators
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Driver issues
Convoy announces TruckYeah discount program
New rewards program could save small fleets and owner-operators up to $35,000 per truck annually in services they use daily.
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American Shipper
Commentary: Playing the spot market
On the whole, deregulation of transportation is beneficial to the economy.
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Supply Chains
Commentary: SmartHop brings AI to owner-operators and brokers
Brian Aoaeh continues a series of commentaries on technology-driven innovations in supply chains, logistics and trucking.
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Additional Resources
Truckers, small fleets can now bid for dedicated freight through Convoy
Smaller carriers and owner-operators no longer have to spend hours searching for freight now that Convoy allows them to bid on dedicated freight lanes.
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Insurance & Risk Management
Ensure your independent drivers are covered as well
Workers’ comp doesn’t cover owner-operators but misclassifying a driver may prove otherwise at your expense.
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Legal issues
Missouri trucking company owner pleads guilty to tax evasion
Owner-operator’s guilty plea result of failing to pay taxes on $600,000 over three years.
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News
Selling safer trucks into a pandemic
John Flynn is convinced that safety equipment on heavy-duty trucks saves lives and could reduce nuclear verdicts. His company, Fleet Advantage, is taking a financial…
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News
House lawmakers vote to raise mandatory insurance coverage to $2 million
Amendment more than doubles current minimum of $750,000 for commercial trucks
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News
Research group shifts focus to non-nuclear truck crash verdicts
A year after studying nuclear verdicts in truck crashes, the American Transportation Research Institute is focusing on smaller verdicts as its top research priority while…
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Driver issues
How owner-operators could save thousands in collision repair costs
Mike Abbott of ATS LLC has his trucks towed, regardless of where they wreck, to Fitzgerald Collision and Repair in Livingston, Tennessee.
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