Rodent Regatta

How to Keep Cargo Safe, and Rolling. When shipments of auto parts were held at the Canadian border for two days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Detroit shuddered. In the end, the halt in cargo shipments at the nation’s borders and ports proved a brief hiccup. But it was a vivid reminder of just how dependent the modern economy had become on the efficient transportation of goods and parts that arrive just in time for assembly. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Business]