by Kamyar Shah | May 15, 2026 | Freight Insurance
If you operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requires you to carry minimum levels of liability insurance before you can legally haul freight. No insurance filing, no operating authority — and...
by Kamyar Shah | Apr 2, 2026 | Freight Insurance
A DOT audit does not create compliance problems — it reveals the ones that already existed. The violations, the missing files, the hours of service exceptions that accumulated quietly over months — the audit simply assigns them a score and a consequence. Motor...
by Kamyar Shah | Mar 30, 2026 | Freight Insurance
Most trucking companies that hire a consultant are not in crisis — they are at a threshold. Revenue is growing, truck count is climbing, but the margin is not keeping up. The owner is working harder than ever and earning less per truck than when the operation was...
by Kamyar Shah | Mar 26, 2026 | Freight Insurance
Fleet management problems compound quietly. A fuel cost that is 8 percent above benchmark does not trigger an alarm — it just erodes margin every quarter until the fleet stops being profitable. A maintenance schedule that is reactive rather than preventive does not...
by Kamyar Shah | Mar 18, 2026 | blog, Freight Insurance
Route optimization is the practice of sequencing loads and stops to reduce cost per unit of revenue rather than to reduce distance. Fleets usually buy software for it. The software then asks for a per-mile cost that the fleet does not have, and the project quietly...
by Kamyar Shah | Feb 18, 2026 | blog, Freight Insurance
A freight broker arranges transportation between a shipper and a carrier and takes a margin for doing it. For a small fleet, that margin is the price of not having to sell. Whether it is worth paying depends on numbers most carriers have never assembled, which is why...
by Kamyar Shah | Feb 11, 2026 | blog, Freight Insurance
A load board lists available freight for carriers to accept. It is a useful instrument and a poor operating model. A fleet that builds each day from whatever is posted that morning has outsourced its planning horizon to a screen. The cost then shows up as a thin...
