A SERBIAN COMPANY ACCUSED OF ABUSE IN AMERICA WAS ANNOUNCED: “The show “60 Minutes” thought the public, we do not transport goods, we only rent vehicles!”

Super Ego Holding, a Serbian transport company that operates in America, found itself in the spotlight yesterday after the CBS television show “60 Minutes” in which interlocutors from the industry accused it of hiding a bad safety history by changing its identity and continuing to do business under new names, without the consequences of previous violations.

Additionally, several former Super Ego drivers—some speaking openly and others under anonymity—accuse the company of pressuring them to work beyond legal limits, manipulating driving hours, and reducing earnings through hidden costs. Some allege that delivery contracts were altered to decrease their payouts.

Today, Super Ego issued a statement aimed at, as they put it, “responding to the misleading allegations aired on ’60 Minutes’ and clarifying its role as a U.S.-based leasing company.”

In the statement sent to the media, Super Ego says the following:

“Super Ego Holding, a U.S.-based leasing company, is committed to transparency, compliance, and high standards of professional conduct,” the company stated, adding:

“The company calls on the public and media to understand a fundamental fact that the segment ignored entirely: Super Ego is an equipment leasing company, not a carrier company. Every claim made in the segment, including allegations about driver clocks, DOT rate sheets, DOT numbers, and pay, is false and derives from this central misunderstanding.

The American trucking industry is made up of distinct participants with distinct roles and functions. Leasing companies, like Super Ego, lease trucks and trailers to third parties and individuals. This means we do not transport freight. By contrast, carrier companies, licensed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), handle the actual movement of goods and bear full regulatory responsibility for their drivers, hours-of-service compliance, insurance, and cargo liability. Independent owner-operators who lease vehicles from Super Ego or other leasing companies work under their own authority or contract with a carrier of their choosing.”

Super Ego claims that it leases equipment to more than 1,200 licensed carrier companies.

“Those carriers employ their own drivers and dispatchers and maintain full authority over them. Super Ego does not hire, pay, supervise, or contract drivers or dispatchers who are not employees or independent contractors. When a carrier’s driver arrives at a Super Ego facility to pick up a truck bearing the Super Ego name, or causes dangerous conditions on the road, that driver works for the carrier and not for Super Ego. The segment was especially misleading by exclusively showing video clips of Super Ego trailers, when carrier trailers have no marking requirements and are rarely connected to the carrier that is operating the tractor.”

Super Ego Holding also notes that it operates a subsidiary in the freight brokerage space called Super Ego Logistics, which conducts business as Gray Falcon United.

“Since its inception, Gray Falcon has worked with more than 6,000 interstate carriers licensed within their own active authority. Gray Falcon is a licensed freight broker that connects shippers with carriers. It is not a carrier, and it exercises no operational control over either shippers or carriers,” the statement from Super Ego Holding concludes.

Text: Super Ego Press release Photo: Super Ego