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More small companies are gaining access to relatively high-tech information systems as the associated costs come down. For example, companies now can set up advanced communications on the Internet at about one-tenth the cost of five years ago.

The Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations is working on a recommended practice intended to ensure that repaired impact guards look and perform as they’re designed.

GeoLogistics Americas said it will phase out its unprofitable domestic freight-forwarding operations as of Oct. 15 and concentrate on international freight forwarding and logistics.

The American Stock Exchange suspended trading of Dynamex Inc. stock after the Dallas-based courier announced Sept. 17 that it will restate earnings for fiscal years 1997, 1998 and the first three quarters of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 because of accounting irregularities.

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) last week continued his efforts to move federal oversight of truck safety out of the Federal Highway Administration.

The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that a fuel truck driver’s failure to follow proper safety procedures was the primary cause of a gasoline fire that killed five people and injured one in August 1998 at a convenience store on U.S. Route 90 in Biloxi, Miss.

Anticipating a plummeting market rate for electronic data interchange, Tom McLeod Software is slashing by 50% the transaction fee for customers who use Kleinschmidt Inc.’s value-added network.

Perception can be a powerful selector. In today’s business, where express service and guaranteed overnight delivery mean premium prices and big profits, some less-than-truckload carriers might be losing freight and business simply because of their name.

In a deal that brings together the second- and third-largest movers in the United States, the owner of North American Van Lines agreed to acquire Allied Van Lines and other moving services from London-based NFC Plc. for $450 million in cash and stock.