After a truck payment, insurance is often the biggest fixed cost for owner-operators. Whether you’re leased or running under your own authority, there’s plenty you can do to reduce costs when updating existing policies or shopping for new ones.
After a truck payment, insurance is often the biggest fixed cost for owner-operators. Whether you’re leased or running under your own authority, there’s plenty you can do to reduce costs when updating existing policies or shopping for new ones.
The majority of serious crashes involving cars and heavy trucks are caused by driver factors such as speeding or failure to stay in lane by the automobile drivers, according to a report released Tuesday by American Trucking Associations.
Nissan Motor Co. reported a 35-percent drop in third-quarter profit after sales tumbled in China and new models trailed competitors in the United States. Net income fell to 54.1 billion yen ($581 million) in the three months ended Dec. 31, from 82.7 billion yen a year earlier, the company said in a statement today.
Following another month of fears that the US East Coast and Gulf ports could be hit by a widespread strike by longshoremen, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) has announced that a tentative agreement has been reached between the United States
Following an agreement signed between General Motors and Russian vehicle maker Gaz at the beginning of 2011, the companies have officially rolled their first Chevrolet Aveo off the line this week at the Gaz assembly plant in Nizhny Novgorod. Assembly is being carried out from complete knockdown (CKD) kits shipped from GM Korea by Maersk […]
Suspect data quality, crash accountability and the public nature of carriers’ Safety Measurement Scores were concluded to be the top three concerns of motor carriers, enforcement officers, brokers/shippers and others involved with CSA
Forster holds degrees in Economics from Bonn University, and in Aviation and Space Technology from Munich University of Technology and joined McKinsey after graduating in 1982, before moving on to BMW in 1986.
Fleets, enforcement officers, trade associations and others impacted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative spoke up this week at public meetings held in Washington, D.C., regarding CSA and its problems.
Of course, there are two sides to the business equation: supply and demand. “I think 2013 will be surprisingly tight on capacity,†says Perry. “It looks more and more like the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will follow through with regulatory changes.â€