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Thousands of logistics professionals are descending on the Big Easy to try to make sense out of how the Internet is changing their industry.

Both government and business leaders say collaboration is necessary and often can encourage competition by helping firms expand into foreign markets, fund research and development and lower production and other costs.

Even with the Internet, it appears that Santa Clause’s sleigh may still be the best way to ensure that Christmas deliveries get to their destinations on time.

Shippers, carriers and logistics companies all claim to want long-term business relationships with each other. But somehow, the goal remains elusive as irritation and self-interest often manage to trump understanding and trust.

Change is on the way for trucking and other industrial sectors that have to deal with the Internal Revenue Service, but it may not be good news for small operations that usually fail to make a blip on the tax agency’s auditing radar.

The Colombia Bridge over the Rio Grande outside Laredo, Texas, will get a high-capacity truck connector to Interstate 35 on Oct. 18 with the opening of Camino Colombia, a new toll road.

The streets of Laredo, Texas, are being ruined by the North American Free Trade Agreement trade, local officials say, and they contend the city cannot fix the problem because it is not getting its fair share of infrastructure funds from the Texas Department of Transportation.

Susan Hawk may have had her 15 minutes of fame, but she was not lured by the bright lights.

American Trucking Associations is asking fleet executives to participate in a first-ever survey designed to shed light on motor carrier spending on new technology for both the truck cab and the office.

An economic slowdown will hurt trucking this year, but growth will make truck traffic rise at an annual rate of 3% to 3.5% a year between 2002 and 2005, according to one of the industry’s leading economic analysts.