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Through blood, dust and broken chandeliers, economists Bob Costello and Diego Saltes fought their way out of the World Trade Center complex on Sept. 11 and eventually back to their offices at American Trucking Associations, just miles away from the smoldering Pentagon.

As the Transportation Department moved to implement new security measures at airports and border crossings, freight haulers are bracing for longer delays, closer scrutiny of drivers and higher costs as some of the consequences of last week’s terrorist strike.

Federal authorities last week searched truck cabs, tractors, cars and ship cargo holds along the nation’s borders and at its seaports, creating inspection lines that stretched for several miles at crossing points into Mexico and Canada and at some ports.

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Though it kept rolling in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the trucking industry couldn’t buck the downward trend in stock prices Monday as Wall Street reopened for business.

The retail price of diesel fuel rose 3.5 cents per gallon last week to $1.527, the highest average price since May 28, when it hit the year high of $1.529..

Trucking associations in both the United States and Canada are looking for solutions to delays of several hours or more for truckers attempting to enter the country – delays engendered by heightened security along the U.S. border in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

As rescue crews sift through rubble in Manhattan and Washington, D.C., U.S. passenger airlines are picking up the pieces of their industry and preparing to face an anticipated slowdown in air travel.