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Customs and Border Protection will open six Centers of Excellence and Expertise nationally in 2013, as the agency works to bring uniformity to the handling of major product imports.

Cleveland-based marine transportation company The Great Lakes Group recently launched a new Web site.

Air and ocean freight trucking company Towne Air Freight will relocate its terminal serving Los Angeles on Dec. 3, into a newly constructed facility in Carson, Calif.

The Port of Galveston Wharves Board recently approved a $10,000 contribution to the American Association of Port Authorities Port Employee Relief Fund...

Supply chain company SEKO Logistics recently opened offices in Uganda and Ethiopia.

Global credit insurer Coface recently revised its Country Risk Ratings for 31 countries and reported global growth for 2012 will be 2.6 percent.

A customs maneuver called Operation HOPE, organized by the World Customs Organization, recently led to more than 70 major seizures of endangered flora and fauna, including live tortoises, rhino horns, ivory tusks and more...

China and India today signed a memorandum of understanding to promote technical cooperation in the railway sector, including high-speed rail, heavy cargo and station development.

Saval Foodservice, a Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area food distributor, recently received two new compressed natural gas-fueled trucks from Ultimate CNG, a natural gas truck fleet leasing company, to add to its fleet.

Air and ocean freight provider Logwin recently opened a new sales office in Zhongshan, in the manufacturing heartland of South China, in line with the company’s expansion strategy.

Etihad Rail, developer and operator of the United Arab Emirates’ national railway, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Sharjah Cement Factory, a subsidiary of Sharjah Cement & Industrial Development Company...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, law enforcement agencies from five European countries, and the European Police Office...

Like favorable winds for a ship sailing out of harbor, bipartisan optimism billows behind Congress’s drafting of a long-delayed port and inland waterways bill.

The truck equipment market defied economic uncertainty and Hurricane Sandy in October, as net orders for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and trailers surged, according to ACT Research.

Citing “recent market developments,” Emirates Shipping Line has announced general rate increases effective Dec. 1, 2012.

The Georgia Ports Authority board recently approved $2 million of project funding to increase capacity, efficiency and flexibility in heavy machinery exports.

A new Liebherr mobile harbor crane was recently delivered to the Cape Town Agri Roro Terminal, operated by Transnet Port Terminals, in South Africa, to be primarily used for container operations.

Port management company International Container Terminal Services recently appointed Guillaume Lucci as vice president and global infrastructure director, as part of the company’s organizational restructuring of its corporate engineering functions.

The U.S. Postal Service is moving to start a same-day package delivery service for Internet shoppers this holiday season, AP reports.

India’s economic growth slowed to 5.3 percent in the second quarter, its lowest level in nine years, Coface recently reported in its assessment of the country’s fiscal performance.

The European Union said it plans to finalize a free trade agreement with Canada in the “coming weeks” that could boost annual two-way trade by more than $33 billion.

Container volumes at Port Botany were up 1 percent to 2.04 million 20-foot-equivalent units for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, the port’s 11th consecutive year of container trade growth, according to the Sydney Ports Corp.’s annual report.

Europe’s imports and exports are expected to decline in the next six months amid concerns that the region’s economy will contract further, according to Global Port Tracker’s North Europe Trade Outlook.

Port of Rotterdam Authority recently reported that construction of Maasvlakte 2, an extension of the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte industrial area, is still on schedule to open in 2013, with the first phase close to completion.

Boskalis Westminster today made a 682 million euro ($887 million) offer for Dockwise.

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners recently appointed Danny Wan as port attorney, effective Dec. 17.

A.R.T. Logistics has opened its global headquarters in Hong Kong.

IJS Global has appointed Tim McKisson as vice president sales in the U.S.

Negotiators representing the Port of Portland and International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 28 reached a tentative contract agreement over the weekend, averting a strike by 25 security guards.

Logistics provider Samuel Shapiro & Co. has named C. Walter Starr the firm's new chief financial officer.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems is opening a new less-than-truckload outbound service center serving New England.

Bremen-based Kieserling Group will merge with logistics service provider Compass Ocean Logistics.