This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. The Trucking Shortage and Young Drivers “This is the mother of all truck driver shortages.” That is what Jason Seidl, transportation analyst at Cowen & Co., had to say to Reuters on the subject of…
The “Great Recession” has finally ended, and the American economy is finally booming again. This should spell a period of optimism and prosperity for every industry. However, the Great Recession, amongst all of its negative repercussions, delivered one that went all but unnoticed by economists, and is only now starting to cause concern in the…
You’ve seen it before: a big rig truck pulled over on the side of the road with their hazards on. Heck, maybe that’s even been YOU! Breakdowns happen to everyone—truck driver or not—however, big truck = big repair expenditures. Finance experts suggest owner-operators have an emergency fund for exactly that—emergencies. Usually, though, our emergency funds…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Despite falling crude oil and gas prices throughout the United States, diesel fuel prices are moving in the opposite direction. The Energy Information Administration’s tracked data show diesel prices rising by as much as 5.2…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Many states are trying to find alternative means to raise necessary infrastructure funds in order to avoid raising taxes. Toll roads are becoming the go-to solution, much to the dismay of drivers. Federal and state…
Following the signing of the Reliable Home Heating Act in June, the FMCSA will publish an amendment to the federal hours of service safety regulations today allowing exemptions for certain states of emergency. The “polar vortex” last winter caused colder temperatures throughout most of the United States, causing shortages of home heating fuels and both…
Truckers’ Health and Productivity A happy, healthy truck driver is a safe truck driver. People of all professions, in the transportation industry and elsewhere, tend to preform better when they have top-notch physical and emotional health. Maintaining the health and safety of your drivers is essential to operating efficiently and avoiding trouble by way of…
Editor’s note: This article contains outdated content but has been left up for anyone searching for this information. Check the EZ Invoice Factoring blog section to find our more recent content. Congress has taken up the debate over public CSA scores. Last month, a number of trucking industry groups called on Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx to…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. September 11-17, 2022 is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week — a week dedicated to spotlighting all the time and hard work truck drivers put into their jobs so the United States can function better as…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. The number of new oil and gas wells has remained fairly steady in the last several years, but output has risen dramatically thanks to an increase in production – the opposite of energy boom skeptics’…
This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Despite FedEx’s insistence that thousands of their FedEx Ground drivers are independent contractors, a federal appeals court has ruled that they are actually employees – and entitled to compensation for their misclassification. Employees, Not Contractors…
An alliance of trucking industry groups has urged Anthony Foxx, Department of Transportation Secretary, to remove publicly visible safety ratings from the CSA Web site. Based on a February report from the Government Accountability Office, groups including the American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have expressed their desire for the change. The…
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