Driver Owner Operator

There is always the tendency to think about being an owner operator truck driver. Especially if your trucking company is screwing you around. That's pretty funny, when are they not screwing you around, right? Anyhow, you see the mileage rate the owner operators are…

Why There Are Truckers Associations

Trucking associations provide a valuable service to their trucker members. Lets face it, do you really have time to lobby against changes to the trucking industry that adversely effect your bottom line? That is why it is better to have an association to…

First of all, what exactly is a freight broker? Think of a stock broker, a freight broker is similar. A stock broker doesn't own the stock, he arranges a sale between a buyer and a seller. A freight broker does the same thing. It can…

At a trucking service truck stop I was having coffee one day and the fellow next to me started to blab as truckers do (something to do with being alone all the time). He was hauling freight up the east coast to Boston and I…

A freight forwarder is someone or a company that acts as a middleman arranging the safe and cost efficient  transport of goods. A freight forwarder clients can include importers, exporters and domestic freight companies. A reliable freight forwarder must take into account many of the…