South Carolina Tow Truck Insurance Company – Make Sure You Have Adequate Tow Truck Insurance If you own a tow truck in South Carolina, then you know you’re out there on the roads and highways every day helping motorists. While you provide a valuable service, it’s important to make sure you have adequate South Carolina tow truck insurance for your tow truck or rig. When […]
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Owner Operator Insurance in Tennessee: How to Get the Best Rates
For small trucking companies, shopping for the right commercial truck insurance while trying to keep up with all of the other responsibilities of trucking and business ownership can seem daunting. Keeping insurance costs low while protecting the business from the liabilities of commercial trucking is important — which makes selecting the most affordable insurance policies crucial. Here’s how to get the best rates possible for […]
What to Know Before Buying Commercial Truck Insurance in Georgia
Planning to buy a big rig as an owner operator in Georgia? Congratulations, you’re joining a time-honored profession. Of the nine million people employed in trucking industry jobs, three and one-half million of them are truck drivers. They drive two million trucks. This number is expected to double by the year 2020. That means that the over $200 billion generated in revenues will double. There’s […]
Owner Operator Insurance: Florida Commercial Truck Insurance Coverage
As an owner operator in Florida, your commercial truck insurance has to be prepared for every possible scenario on the road. There are a huge number of potentially dangerous things you encounter every day from careless drivers to the weather. You counter those things by being well rested before you drive, keeping your commercial truck maintained and having owner operator insurance. Florida, like most other […]
Increase in Freight opportunities at Savannah Port
On August 13, 2014, the Georgia Ports Authority reported an all-time high in container trade at the Savannah, Georgia port. In total, the port moved 293,889 twenty-foot equivalent container units in July 2014. This is a 19.2 percent increase over July 2013. In addition, the Savannah GPA moved 2.52 million tons of cargo in July, up 12.8 percent or 287,600 tons compared to the same […]
Who Needs Commercial Truck Insurance in Texas?
The economy in the state of Texas relies on information technology, oil and natural gas, agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, and many other large industries, including exports. In fact, total exports from Texas helped contribute to the record-setting value of U.S. goods and services exports in 2013, which reached $2.3 trillion. As a result, trucks are widely used as a commercial vehicles for the transportation of various […]
Four Reasons Why you Need Commercial Truck Insurance in Florida
If you own or operate a commercial truck in the state of Florida, you know that accidents can occur, so it’s best to be prepared. Loads can shift. Natural hazards can cause dangerous road conditions. Reckless drivers can create problems. And because tractor trailer rigs are large and heavy, any accident you have with a private passenger vehicle is likely to cause major property damage […]
FMCSA Changes to Reporting of Adjudicated Citations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has published a notice announcing that, effective August 23, 2014, carriers and drivers will be able to request the removal of roadside inspection violations from agency data systems to more accurately reflect outcomes of judicial proceedings. The updated policy will enable carriers and drivers to request the removal of violations that were previously uploaded into FMCSA’s Motor Carrier […]
Commercial Truck Drivers Subject to new Federal Law
By now, you’ve heard about the National Registry law that goes into effect May 21, 2014. After that date, all interstate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers must get their medical certificates from a certified medical examiner listed on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners. Find a certified medical examiner in your area—or anywhere in the country—by following these […]
Commercial Truck Medical Certificate
FMCSA Announces One-Year Extension of Paper Medical Certificate Requirement for Commercial Bus and Truck Drivers The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it is extending by one year, until Jan. 30, 2015, a requirement that interstate commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders retain paper copies of their medical examiner’s certificate and continue to make the document available for review upon request at the roadside […]