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The Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security said Tuesday it plans to improve border management by testing radio frequency identification technology along the U.S. border crossings this year.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases appealing Michigan court decisions that upheld the state’s $100 flat fee on trucks that haul both within the state and from Michigan to out-of-state destinations.

Roberson Transportation Cos. last week exited the trucking industry, agreeing to sell its dry van truckload business to Indianapolis-based Celadon Group for $22.7 million and its flatbed business and logistics division to Annett Holdings of Des Moines, Iowa, for an undisclosed amount.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. eading Transport Topics’ Letters & Comments section in recent months on the issue of the hours-of-service rules for drivers has, quite frankly, left me astounded.

Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson announced he would resign, effective March 1.

Overall trucking freight volumes fell a seasonally adjusted 1% in December, according to an American Trucking Associations index.

While 2004 was the fourth-best year ever for total U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks, suppliers to truck makers said their sales in 2005 would be even better.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., parent to the second-largest U.S. railroad, reported record quarterly earnings for the fourth quarter of 2004, which rose 53.5% over the previous year’s fourth quarter.

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