THE WEEK.

This section offers news briefs in the U.S. shipping industry. The Customs and Border Protection launched a pilot program with China to validate importers under the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. Lawmakers adjourned without approving a proposed per-container fee to fund transportation infrastructure in Washington State. An incentive program was approved by harbor commissions in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California to subsidize the use of low-sulfur fuel in vessels' main engines within 40 miles of the coast.