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Affiliated Computer Services Inc., a provider of information technology and business process outsourcing services, has agreed to acquire Lockheed Martin Corp.’s IMS unit, operator of the PrePass program.

Motor carriers on their way through Kansas now have the option of purchasing their permits online so they can get back on the road quickly.

Many independent truck stops could be forced out of business if third-party billing service Comdata Corp. goes ahead with its latest plan to charge merchants a percentage rather than a flat fee to process credit transactions, representatives for the truck stop industry say.

Despite a lagging economy, many online retailers are getting ready for the busy Christmas shopping season by strengthening their order processing and delivery systems to improve customer satisfaction.

The Los Angeles area has seen a spike during the past nine months in the number of trucking yards and warehouses victimized by armed robberies, a trend that could manifest itself nationwide, according to the head of a task force investigating the incidents.

Truckside advertising sales may get a boost in the next few years thanks to a new viewer measurement system that can help advertisers better target their audiences, according to trucking and advertising industry officials.

A number of freight transportation companies with strong commercial Web sites, led by trucking giant Yellow Corp., were ranked among the nation’s top 100 e-businesses by a widely circulated technology magazine.

WASHINGTON — Although logistics costs for business exceeded $1 trillion for the first time in 2000 and were up two-tenths of a point as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product, the real culprit in that change was not poor inventory management but declining sales, according to a privately funded report on the economic condition of the logistics industry authored by Robert Delaney and Rosalyn Wilson.

LAS VEGAS — Three companies attempting to streamline shipper and carrier transactions through private information exchanges appear to have shut down or have been sold this May, according to transportation industry executives. Two of the faded operations specialized in the global container shipping industry.

Tough days may be ahead for corrugated cardboard as reusable plastic containers and wireless technology gain popularity in the produce-shipment world, say people who follow packaging and container issues.