An owner-operator is essentially a sole proprietor, or a single-person business in which the owner also runs the daily operations of her company. An owner-operator has the right to make all decisions ...

The Great Recession was tough on owner-operators. Many parked their trucks or sold them altogether. But as the economy has come back, so has this resilient and entrepreneurial portion of the American ...

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 ...

An owner-operator of a business is often referred to as a sole proprietor. The most common form of accounting system used by sole proprietors is a double-entry system. With this system, each ...

The Supreme Court's decision was 8-0 in case of New Prime v. Oliveira. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 15 owner-operators cannot be forced into mandatory arbitration, a decision observers suggested ...

Many large carriers offer positions for both owner/operators and company drivers. Any method of getting a moving truck hooked to a trailer is generally utilized. Smaller companies, for some reason, ...

It's due time to celebrate what's been a year full of inspiring stories of triumph over adversity for Overdrive's Trucker of ...

The latest brief by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in its last-ditch battle against California’s AB5 independent contractor law is a mix of apocalyptic projections about the fate ...

Historically, the distribution of temperature-controlled commodities is a volatile industry. If business slows because of economic conditions such as a recession, trucking contracts may be reduced or ...