Companies that sell fleet-management software to trucking fleets had mixed reactions to news that a court had struck down the new driver-work-hours rule, as some said it would have little impact on their systems and others said it could mean changing various service programs for customers.

Railroads have failed to promptly and accurately report hundreds of accidents at grade crossings over the past eight years, the New York Times reported in a two-part series published July 11 and July 12.

With the peak season for freight shipping rapidly approaching, U.S. railroads are already stretched thin and it appears that more delays and capacity scarcities are looming.

In June 2003, lovers of magic and fantasy eagerly awaited the arrival of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” the latest in the British novelist’s popular children’s series.

American Trucking Associations and the National Industrial Transportation League unveiled a model truckload contract June 22 that the carrier and shipper groups said would serve as a standard example of how to structure legal freight agreements and ultimately prevent disputes, liabilities and expensive litigation.

LAS VEGAS — Mack Trucks Inc. unveiled its new Advantage chassis, which company officials said was lighter and quieter than its previous chassis, at the Truck Show here June 10.

At the Port of Tacoma it’s all about get ting the freight in and out — FAST, as in the Freight Action Strategy for Seattle and Tacoma. The state program is funded by government and private sources to improve freight mobility throughout Puget Sound, a regional economy that depends heavily upon Pacific Rim trade.

CHICAGO — A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official said last week the agency planned to have a study of transportation security technologies ready by Oct. 1.

CHICAGO — Many trucking and logistics companies have been averse to using some of the available information technology tools in their operations, shipper and carrier representatives told the IT & Business Process Conference gathering that met here last week.

Just-in-time delivery has not killed the warehouse business, but logistics managers who specialize in storage said their industry has been transformed into a service that handles products as they pass quickly through distribution centers.