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After thieves stole equipment belonging to RFK Transportation last year, Robert F. Kazimour, president and CEO of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, common carrier, decided it was time to invest in tracking technology.

Yellow Corp.’s director of security, George Rodriguez, has emerged as the sole candidate for the job of directing trucking security at the federal government’s new Transportation Security Administration, according to sources.

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The U.S. price of diesel fuel continued to rise last week, jumping 1.4 cents a gallon to an average of $1.295 as reported Monday by the Department of Energy.

Although no specific threat was mentioned, the FBI listed warning signs on its Web site late Thursday to indicate there could be plans by terrorists to detonate a truck bomb in the United States, the Associated Press reported.

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Class 8 heavy-duty truck sales in February fell 20.7% from the same month in 2001 and were 54% lower than February 2000, the month before the market for new trucks began tumbling.

With two diesel fuel surcharge bills working their way through the Congress, trucking groups are beginning to support the version in the Senate, fuel analyst OPISNet reported Thursday.