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President Bush said Friday that he will propose spending an additional $2.1 billion next year in the effort to secure the nation’s borders without slowing down the millions of people, trucks and railroad cars that cross them each day, the Associated Press reported.

Louis P. Saia III says he is out to “change the way temperature-controlled less-than-truckload freight moves forever.”

Retail sales of heavy-duty trucks in the United States totaled 11,398 in December 2001, which was 23% less than the 14,794 recorded during the same month in 2000, according to information compiled by Wards Communications.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta told a Senate committee last week that a decision to revamp hours-of-service regulations for commercial truck drivers could be made in “four or five months.”

The replacement of National Guardsmen by Transportation Security Administration personnel is among the changes in the works as the first full week of mandated baggage screening gets underway at the nation’s 400-plus airports, news reports said Thursday.

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Sweeping changes in the oil refining industry may result in volatile fuel price spikes despite weak worldwide oil prices, the Wall Street Journal said Thursday.

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.