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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.

Federal officials have slashed the number of truck safety compliance reviews to be conducted over the next four months so that inspectors can spend most of their time briefing hazardous-materials carriers on how to prevent trucks from being used by terrorists.

he U.S. Postal Service has begun making arrangements to sterilize mail in an effort to quell the expanding outbreaks of anthrax associated with infected letters, news services reported.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Food safety concerns can be alleviated if criminal background checks are performed on manual laborers who prepare bulk food shipments for transportation by truck, said a member of the Agricultural Transporters Conference.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--A law arming the U.S. government to fight terrorism, if enforced as currently written could have the unintended side effect of bringing commercial transportation to a standstill, trucking industry officials said Sunday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Trucking companies were warned Sunday to prepare for insurance rates soaring even higher after Jan. 1, when reinsurance companies will have their first chance since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to increase premium rates.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Higher security costs and rising insurance premiums dominated Saturday's discussions of the Truckload Carriers Association’s board of directors, held in conjunction with the American Trucking Association's annual Management Conference and Exhibition.

Members of American Trucking Associations will learn the identity of the 68-year-old federation's next chief executive at this week's Management Conference and Exhibition in Nashville, Tenn.