The role of independent contractor owner-operators (“ICOOs”) in the trucking industry has a long history as a business model and also as a lightning rod for scrutiny. At the start of 2025, the popular ...

The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little ...

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 ...

Employee or independent contractor? For many heavy-duty trucking companies that use leased owner-operator truck drivers, the final answer might require a coin toss. On Jan. 10, the Labor Department ...

Success as an owner-operator in trucking, particularly in the down market that the industry has experienced in the last two years, requires a certain level of stick-to-itiveness that not every trucker ...

Owner-operators are a huge part of the heavy truck market, and they’ve been among the most hesitant groups to transition from diesel to electric semi trucks. That may be changing, however, as Saldivar ...

Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — Hoping to reopen their suit against a California ...

Landstar System recently gave away its 52nd truck to a deserving independent Landstar business capacity owner (BCO), the company’s term for independent owner-operators who lease to Landstar. BCO ...

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Milepost Insurance Agency LLC (Milepost), a Berkshire Hathaway company focused on simplifying the trucking insurance process for independent ...

CarriersEdge, which provides online driver training for the trucking industry, is offering a new business training course for new and aspiring owner-operators. The online course, Owner-Operator ...

Professional truck drivers, small fleet owners, and owner operators travel across all the 48 states of U.S. to deliver goods and services on time. Every industry and organization, be it a construction ...