All those nifty new communications devices installed in modern-day vehicles promise to make commercial trucking more efficient than ever before. And more dangerous, too.

The lure of low interest rates: how could it possibly be a bad thing for business?

A labor shortage in China? Who would have thought it possible?

The dynamics that have long favored China as the world's center of low-cost manufacturing are changing. And no one - not even China - seems to have a problem with that.

When it comes to online shopping, home isn't always where the package is.

So you think natural gas is the answer to reducing pollution from commercial trucks? Not so fast.

What is this thing called supply-chain alignment?

Shippers are still steaming over delays caused by West Coast dockworkers during contract negotiations with terminal operators in late 2014 and early 2015. But problems at the region's ports extend well beyond union intransigence.

It's been about five years since ocean carriers began selling off their chassis in the U.S., forcing shippers to obtain the equipment elsewhere. But the new regime is anything but settled.

On Capitol Hill right now, "fast-track" is the slowest thing going.