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When fully completed, the new bridge at the Port of Long Beach will include six traffic lanes, a higher clearance to accommodate large cargo ships and more efficient transition ramps and connectors to improve traffic flow, especially among trucks.

The fee adjustments at the Port of Vancouver in British Columbia are scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2018 and will benefit smaller container trucking companies servicing the western Canadian port.

The eight newly acquired locations encompass over 12 million cubic feet of temperature-controlled capacity in the Los Angeles area, according to international warehousing and cold chain specialist Lineage Logistics.

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.