Tag: Sunco Carriers

Business

Short and sweet: Length-of-haul strategies at work

Operators and carriers discuss strategies toward adequate rates and compensation given declining length-of-haul in reefer and dry van segments, and how flatbed differs.

July 10, 2013

Business

Short and sweet: Pros, cons of length-of-haul trends

Part 1 in a two-part length-of-haul analysis presents owner-operator advantages/disadvantages of the trucking trend to shorter haul length in reefer and dry van segment.

July 8, 2013

Trucking History

Former OD Owner-Operator of the Month Jimmy McSwain dead at 52

Sunco Carriers driver, TCA Owner-Operator of the Year finalist and Overdrive’s April 2012 Owner-Operator of the Month Jimmy McSwain died Tuesday morning.

January 9, 2013

Voices

Sunco’s Finest: Jimmy McSwain named April Owner-Operator of the Month

Jimmy McSwain’s model safety and accounting practices produce a longstanding, successful business.

April 24, 2012

Business

LogBook

Highway bill includes truck parking elements, court orders release of truck stop tiger, owner-operator finalists named, medical certificate changes start Jan. 30, driver shortage to worsen says FTR and more industry news items are featured.

December 1, 2011