You might sometimes hear of truckers being called "owner-operators", but what exactly does that mean, and why would a trucker want to be one?

The key to a new entrant safety audit is documentation. You may do all the required steps to comply with the regulations, but if it is not documented, it will appear that you are not. If you decide to ...

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association announced that Allied Van Lines and North American Van Lines filed a revised bankruptcy plan under which owner-operators will receive $1.25 million ...

Successful owner-operators know that simply running hard is not enough. If it were that easy, anyone could do the job and expect the profits to roll in. It generally pays to slow down. There is a ...

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) on Tuesday held a public session as part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s ongoing study into truck driver compensation. As detailed by FMCSA ...

You may find your pickup truck fast enough on the road, but others make a living driving far bigger vehicles for days on end. To be a commercial truck driver means being skilled at handling large ...

Schneider National is enhancing how it conducts business with owner-operators with its Schneider FreightPower platform. The newly expanded, updated platform offers owner-operators more access to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OOIDA has filed its latest brief in its fight against AB5. (Photo: Jim Allen\FreightWaves) The latest brief by the Owner-Operator ...