Overdrive

Owner-operator back home hauling Chicago containers finds the niche, long-term, more lucrative than OTR

I ran into Chicago-based owner-operator Carlos Alizondo last spring at the Mid America Trucking Show. Alizondo’s trucked for more than 30 years, and in that span, he's just about done it all. He's ...
Truckinginfo

ContainerPort Group Creates Custom App for Owner-Operators

ContainerPort Group has released a mobile app designed exclusively for CPG owner-operators to manage critical documentation and view weekly gross revenue estimates. Instead of keeping physical ...
Overdrive

Sky-high rates turn intermodal challenges into opportunity

Owner-operator Lance Buttermore is leased to Landstar, and his 2015 Kenworth T680 pulls military freight and just about any container load that pops up at the ports from Landstar's network of freight ...
Truckinginfo

Port Driver Teamster Contract Signed, Owner-Operators Not Included

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Maritech Leasing on Monday announced the first new union contract between the Teamsters and a port trucking company in more than 20 years. The contract ...
Electrek

Saldivar’s Trucking: first owner-operator to deploy Volvo VNR Electric semi

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 ...