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Florida's 14 deepwater ports are scrambling to conduct criminal background checks and issue identification badges to port workers and frequent customers, including truckers, one month after a state law requiring beefed-up security measures went into effect.

Nuclear weapons laboratories have taken few measures to reduce their vulnerability to truck bombs and protect shipments of nuclear material from takeover by terrorists, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives stated in a letter to the Department of Energy.

Florida officials say they hope to purchase two mobile scanning systems this year to inspect the contents of trucks coming across the state’s northern border.

Qualcomm Inc., which suspended business in tracking unattached trailers in early September, is exploring several ways to re-enter the trailer-tracking market with a low-cost solution that heretofore hesitant motor carriers could embrace, according to Chris Wolfe, senior vice president of Qualcomm’s Wireless Business Solutions group.

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard’s own procedures and limited resources are preventing inspectors from more closely scrutinizing hazardous materials containers in ports despite directives since Sept. 11 making security the agency’s top priority.

The new operators of an intermodal terminal at the Port of Newark, N.J., say they will process trucks in half the normal time by using video cameras to identify containers before they reach the gate.

Several research programs under way are designed to show the benefits of using technology and behavior modification to prevent accidents caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel.

Congress is considering legislation that would provide private bus operators with millions of dollars in government grants to beef up security.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The American Trucking Associations has named current Kansas Gov. Bill Graves to take over as its president and chief executive officer when he completes his gubernatorial term in early 2003, ATA Chairman Duane Acklie announced Tuesday at the Management Conference & Exhibition here.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —- The FBI is working to improve information sharing with the trucking industry and within its own organization, as cargo theft becomes a top agency priority in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, William Maddalena, a supervisory special agent with the FBI told trucking executives at the 2001 Management Conference & Exhibition.