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The U.S. has become equally attractive as Mexico to shippers looking to near-shore production, or shift manufacturing closer to the American consumption market, according to a global consulting firm.

A strike at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal in the Port of Hong Kong has entered a 12th day, with no negotiations planned to resolve the dispute, BBC reports.

DP World has completed its dredging project at Jebel Ali Port, which deepened the draught, allowing the port to handle more big vessels.

Deborah Ale Flint, Port of Oakland’s acting executive director, will join the California state trade mission to China, which will be led by California’s Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and coordinated by the Bay Area Council.

Despite Brazil’s predicted record corn and soybean crop this spring, labor regulations and rain delays have slowed both the harvest and movement to port, as well as loading, according to the U.S. Grains Council.

International Longshoremen’s Association members will vote Tuesday on a six-year coastwide master contract covering 14,500 dockworkers in East and Gulf Coast ports.

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, reported exports in February reached $186.0 billion and imports totaled $228.9 billion, resulting in a goods and services deficit of $43.0 billion, down from $44.5 billion in January.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 19 has requested Washington’s King County Superior Court to accelerate its appeal of the ruling that Seattle and King County did not violate the...

A U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist has confirmed that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists recorded a first discovery of the Succinea costaricana snail in the Port of Baltimore.

The United Nations’ tourism and crime agencies have plans to launch a joint public awareness campaign this spring with the aim to reduce demand for illegal goods and services that fund transnational organized crime.

Sea Star Line has promoted Chris Willman to director of national field sales.

NYK Line will increase rates for all dry and refrigerated cargo on its southbound trade from the U.S. Gulf Coast to South America’s east coast and the Caribbean, starting May 10.

Cargo throughput at India’s Port of Mumbai reached an all-time of 58.04 million tons in fiscal year 2012-13, which ended March 31, 2013.

Hapag-Lloyd will increase rates for all cargoes and container types on its trade from East Asia, including Japan, to the Persian Gulf, starting May 15.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Osaka in western Japan declined 2.4 percent in 2012 from a year earlier to 2.120 million 20-foot equivalent units, according to preliminary figures released by the Osaka municipal government.

The Saint John Port Authority’s board of directors in New Brunswick has elected Peter Gaulton as chair and Phil Brewer as vice chair.

American Railcar Industries is opening a railcar maintenance facility in Brookhaven, Miss., in Lincoln County, expanding its presence in southwest Mississippi, according to Mississippi’s Gov. Phil Bryant, local officials and ARI officials...

Damco has opened a second container freight station warehouse facility in Cambodia, following the launch of Damco CFS Warehouse 1 in August 2011.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam has awarded a contract to infrastructure company Parsons Brinckerhoff to conduct a preparatory study on the possibilities for redevelopment of the Chu Lai International Airport...

The Port of Hastings, Australia, will receive $110 million over the next four years from the Victoria government to expand container capacity and improve land-side transport connections, according to the state’s Premier Denis Napthine.

The Port of Tauranga in New Zealand has opened its expanded container terminal facilities.

Intermodal Cartage Group, part of IMC Companies, has promoted two current team members to new roles and named two new hires at its Nashville, Tenn., office.

Terreno Realty, an industrial real estate company, has acquired an industrial property in San Francisco for about $8.4 million.

The Port of Seattle has joined Green Marine, a voluntary environmental program for the maritime industry in North America.

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing on April 10 at 2:30 p.m. EDT titled “Expanding the Panama Canal: What Does It Mean for American Freight and Infrastructure?”

U.S.-based QuestaWeb, a Web-based trade management provider, and Mexico-based AduanaSoft, an automated solutions provider for Mexican customs clearance, have entered into an alliance partnership.

Vitran’s board of directors has appointed Bill Deluce, current board member, as interim president and CEO, effective immediately.

Orbcomm has completed its acquisition of “substantially all of the assets” of MobileNet and the GlobalTrak division of System Planning.

The goals set for Canada and the United Arab Emirates’ strategic agenda have been accomplished and will be formalized next month.

Old Dominion Freight Line has opened a new service center in Salinas, Calif.

CMA CGM will increase rates on its trade from North Europe to the Far East, starting May 1.

International Airlines Group, the merged British Airways-Iberia carrier, reported cargo traffic of 499 million-metric-ton kilometers in March, down 7.9 percent from 542 million-metric-ton kilometers of cargo in March 2012.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn approval of the import and sale of up to 74,000 gas-powered on- and off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles from China on the grounds that it may have received...

The acquisition of Unifeeder by Nordic Capital announced today is likely to hasten consolidation of the North Sea and Baltic markets.

Nordic Capital has agreed to buy Unifeeder, Europe’s largest short-sea container line, from the U.K.’s Montagu Private Equity for an undisclosed price.

The Port of Stockton’s seven-member board of commissioners in California has elected Stephen Griffen as chairman. He was also re-elected to the board by Stockton City Council members.

Atlas World Group has promoted Donald “Don” Breivogel Jr. to the position of CFO, following the retirement of 29-year company veteran Richard “Rick” Olson.