Lease vs Buy a Car or Commercial Vehicle: Which is Right for You?
Considering a new car or truck? Should you buy or lease your vehicle? Get a side-by-side comparison and determine the best solution for your needs here.
Category: Trucking and Freight Industry Explore trucking and freight industry insights on cash flow, funding, fleet operations, and the challenges of running a transportation business.
6 Best Ways to Check Freight Broker Credit and Reputation
Partnering with the wrong freight broker can be disastrous. Explore the best ways to verify a freight broker’s reputation and creditworthiness here.
4 Ways the Transportation Industry is Addressing the Truck Driver Shortage
The trucker shortage is impacting the overall cost of goods and could soon halt commerce in its tracks, but what is being done to address it? Learn about the multi-pronged approach being used across the industry here.
Invoice Factoring vs. Quick Pay: What’s the Difference?
Creating consistent cash flow as a carrier in the trucking industry is a complex and often challenging task. As an experienced trucker, you’re familiar with the routine: you complete a job by moving a load, then immediately have expenses such as fuel, vehicle maintenance, insurance,…
How has the Coronavirus Pandemic Affected Fuel Prices?
Global demand for fuel is down and consumers are paying less, but transportation & freight companies are facing new challenges. Get the details & solutions here.
Was 2019 Just a Pothole for Trucking? Or Something More?
Was 2019 Just a Pothole for Trucking? Or Something More? Nearly 800 trucking companies failed in 2019, taking almost 25,000 trucks out of the industry’s capacity. Is this a sign of things to come? Or is it an overdue correction? Celadon Group, by far, represented…
Female Drivers Revolutionizing the Trucking Industry
Female Drivers : The next time a semi tractor-trailer truck picks up or drops off a load at your dock, you may well encounter a woman behind the wheel. Once almost exclusively the bastion of men, the trucking industry is now welcoming more and more…
The Streets are Paved with Gold for Gear Jammers as America Celebrates National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
America’s transportation infrastructure is crumbling, with traffic-clogged freeways, pothole-strewn side streets and aging bridges making travel as much an aggravation as an adventure. But for the nation’s 3.5 million truckers, these troubled byways have lately proven to also be yellow brick roads leading to prosperity….
The 21st Century Trucker is as Much a Digital Jockey as a Road One
Citizens’ band radios (CBs) were once all the rage in the 1970s trucking industry. The handy communications device that truck drivers once used to stay in touch with each other on long cross-country trips became a sudden trend. This was thanks to a popular culture…
Texas’ Strong Economy, Pro-Business Attitude Make It a Top State for Truckers
Keep on truckin’. That’s the message the Lone Star State sends over-the-road owner-operators looking to make it big in the transportation and logistics business. In 2016, more than 3,000 trucking industry professionals throughout the U.S. were surveyed to determine the best and worst states to…
Explore trucking and freight industry insights on cash flow, funding, fleet operations, and the challenges of running a transportation business.
6 Best Ways to Check Freight Broker Credit and Reputation
Partnering with the wrong freight broker can be disastrous. Explore the best ways to verify a freight broker’s reputation and creditworthiness here.
4 Ways the Transportation Industry is Addressing the Truck Driver Shortage
The trucker shortage is impacting the overall cost of goods and could soon halt commerce in its tracks, but what is being done to address it? Learn about the multi-pronged approach being used across the industry here.
Invoice Factoring vs. Quick Pay: What’s the Difference?
Creating consistent cash flow as a carrier in the trucking industry is a complex and often challenging task. As an experienced trucker, you’re familiar with the routine: you complete a job by moving a load, then immediately have expenses such as fuel, vehicle maintenance, insurance,…
How has the Coronavirus Pandemic Affected Fuel Prices?
Global demand for fuel is down and consumers are paying less, but transportation & freight companies are facing new challenges. Get the details & solutions here.
Was 2019 Just a Pothole for Trucking? Or Something More?
Was 2019 Just a Pothole for Trucking? Or Something More? Nearly 800 trucking companies failed in 2019, taking almost 25,000 trucks out of the industry’s capacity. Is this a sign of things to come? Or is it an overdue correction? Celadon Group, by far, represented…
Female Drivers Revolutionizing the Trucking Industry
Female Drivers : The next time a semi tractor-trailer truck picks up or drops off a load at your dock, you may well encounter a woman behind the wheel. Once almost exclusively the bastion of men, the trucking industry is now welcoming more and more…
The Streets are Paved with Gold for Gear Jammers as America Celebrates National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
America’s transportation infrastructure is crumbling, with traffic-clogged freeways, pothole-strewn side streets and aging bridges making travel as much an aggravation as an adventure. But for the nation’s 3.5 million truckers, these troubled byways have lately proven to also be yellow brick roads leading to prosperity….
The 21st Century Trucker is as Much a Digital Jockey as a Road One
Citizens’ band radios (CBs) were once all the rage in the 1970s trucking industry. The handy communications device that truck drivers once used to stay in touch with each other on long cross-country trips became a sudden trend. This was thanks to a popular culture…
Texas’ Strong Economy, Pro-Business Attitude Make It a Top State for Truckers
Keep on truckin’. That’s the message the Lone Star State sends over-the-road owner-operators looking to make it big in the transportation and logistics business. In 2016, more than 3,000 trucking industry professionals throughout the U.S. were surveyed to determine the best and worst states to…