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A suit by TJS Brokerage & Co. Inc. alleging inaccurate credit reporting by CompuNet Credit Services Inc. will go to trial Feb. 23..

Medium-size trucking companies are most at risk in the Year 2000 computer crisis, Schneider National’s chief information technology officer told a Senate panel Sept. 10.

Celadon Group agreed to be acquired by a group of senior managers and Odyssey Investment Partners, a newly formed private investment fund based in New York that is making its first acquisition.

Trucking industry representatives pushing for limits on cargo liability expressed disappointment last week after a three-year-long study by the Department of Transportation recommended no change in the current system.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., -- Yellow Freight System www.yellowfreight.com) has added new customer service capabilities to its web ite that enable shippers and their customers to provide and access critical, eal-time information.

Congress agreed to a $500 billion budget package Thursday that includes Department of Transportation and highway funding for fiscal 1999, but left at least one key trucking issue unresolved: Will the Office of Motor Carriers get a new home?

The Federal Highway Administration soon may propose new load securement standards based on the findings of a five-year research project.

Caliber System is outsourcing EDI. The Akron, Ohio-based transportation and logistics giant recently signed a five-year deal with Sterling Commerce, Columbus, Ohio, whereby Sterling will assume responsibility for all of Caliber's electronic data interchange activities.

The nation’s pagers went down last week, but the freight apparently kept moving.