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Atlas Maintains the Mainframe • New Logistics Approaches Save Time • Utah Pumps Up Technology for Olympic Games

The new head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Joseph M. Clapp, will seek the cooperation of trucking companies in the effort to reduce truck-related fatalities 50% by 2008.

Senate Passes Port Security Bill • Con-Way’s Fuel Surcharge to Go to Zero • GM Pushes for Daytime Headlights • Florida Recalls More CDLs • And more...

Although still in a slump, manufacturing in the Philadelphia area in December improved much more than had been expected..

New Wireless Technology Reduces Radio Interference • Kmart Turns to High-Tech Management • Bluetooth Technology Broadens Horizons • Web Sites Could Pose Legal Risk

The major challenge facing the trucking industry, particularly truckload carriers, is attracting and retaining an adequate labor force of drivers.

A $4 billion class-action lawsuit was filed by 11 Mexican trucking companies on Tuesday, claiming the U.S. government has illegally denied them access to United States in accordance with the North American Free Trade Agreement..

CN Adopts Web-Based Tracking Technology • Online Buying Could Save Companies Trillions • Litewave Corp. Inks Deal With Andromeda Leasing • Supply Management Using E-Commerce

President Bush late Tuesday signed into law a $59.6 billion transportation appropriations bill for fiscal 2002 that grants Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways provided they meet stringent safety provisions, the Associated Press reported.

There will be a price to pay for increased security in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but it’s not clear who’s going to pay it, according to panelists at the Transport Topics Management Outlook Forum.