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Technology-savvy trucking companies are experienced at gathering all kinds of data, often with the aid of on-board computers. But what to do with those mounds of information once they are accumulated?

Technology-savvy trucking companies are experienced at gathering all kinds of data — from fuel mileage to idle time to tire pressure — often with the aid of on-board computers and wireless communications. But what to do with those mounds of information once they are accumulated?

In an industry increasingly populated with electronic trading exchanges, marketplaces for intermodal services have been conspicuous by their absence. That situation, however, is not likely to prevail for much longer.

In an industry increasingly populated with electronic trading exchanges, marketplaces for intermodal services have been conspicuous by their absence. That situation, however, is not likely to prevail for much longer.

On April 1, the U.S. Customs Service hooked up its beleaguered Automated Commercial System to a sort of Internet-based life support.

On April 1, the U.S. Customs Service hooked up its beleaguered Automated Commercial System to a sort of Internet-based life support.

Federal Express and the Hewlett-Packard Medical Products Group are building a bridge with software.

In September, after three years of service to the Bose Corp. as its foremost truckload carrier, Werner Enterprises finally hooked into the audio manufacturer’s logistics management system. What took so long?

On Oct. 26, a revolutionary event in the history of transportation technology may have taken place at the Food Distributors International trade show in Nashville, Tenn.