Inaugurated on Sunday, the Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman will look to connect the Middle East to Central and East Asia, according to multiple media reports.

With a quiet launch and only a few hiccups, the e-commerce giant said it had its highest first-day orders in launch history, according to local newspaper the Sydney Morning Herald.

A 300,000-square-foot warehousing and logistics facility will be constructed on Wilmington port property by Florida-based company Chesterfield, the port confirmed.

Net orders for North American Class 8 trucks totaled 32,400 units in November 2017, up 71 percent from the previous year, according to freight transportation analyst FTR.

Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway totaled 5.7 million tons in November 2017, a 1.1 percent boost from the same month last year, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA).

Massachusetts Port Authority hires new deputy port director of business development; and Simplified Logistics hires chief financial officer and executive vice president of strategy, and executive vice president of sales.

While U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s basic responsibilities remain unchanged, agency leadership says CBP will focus on secure trade lanes, next-generation facilitation, intelligent enforcement and resource optimization in the coming years.

Progress on a potential China-Canada trade agreement appears to slowly be inching forward, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying a deal with China is a “big thing” and that Canadians understand how vital it is to “get it right.”

The U.S. trade deficit totaled $48.7 billion in October, an 8.6 percent increase from September, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.

A new corporate-style investor website, portoflabonds.org, was publicly revealed by the Port of Los Angeles Dec. 4, containing more than 2,000 pages of data and documents that provide extensive financial information on the Southern California seaport.