Just a few months after announcing its 2009 Best Fleet to Drive For, the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has begun accepting nominations for the 2010 award.

Earlier this year, Landstar was ranked number one in the trucking industry on Fortune magazine’s list of America’s Most Admired Companies. The ranking is based on input from trucking industry executives, directors, and analysts.

Let’s continue on our course to “Finding Good Paying Freight.” Even though we are in the middle of the lowest freight rate period in decades, this doesn’t mean you can’t find decent, revenue-producing freight.
 

In a previous post, we discussed some of the issues facing female truck drivers. But, diversity extends beyond gender diversity.

The most-asked question by Owner/Operators and the owners of small trucking companies today is: “How do I find good paying freight?”
 

Last week, the largest U.S. trucking company requested $1 billion (yeah, with a B) in bailouts from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Common Sense.
            Two easy words.  A hard way to live.

We touched on team trucking briefly in this post about retirees taking up trucking as a second career. But, spouses are finding team trucking a viable option at all stages of their careers.

There are an estimated 200,000 female truck drivers on the road today, and that number is only going to increase as companies try to satisfy a shortage of truck drivers and as the industry’s di