Livingston International has expanded its customs brokerage and freight forwarding operations by purchasing Hipage Co., which is based in Norfolk, Va.

MIQ Logistics on Thursday announced the opening of a new logistics center in Tannersville, Pa., its eighth new facility in the past year.

XPO Logistics said it has appointed Dominick Muzi to be president of Concert Group Logistics, the Buchanan. Mich., company’s freight forwarding subsidiary.

Trucking executive Thomas Nightingale is now president of sales and marketing for ModusLink Global Solutions, a publicly traded logistics and marketing firm specializing in the consumer goods and technology industries.

Holding company Action Products International on Wednesday announced its acquisition of North East Expedite Logistics, a provider of transportation and logistics services on the East Coast.

Logistics provider DB Schenker said it expects to improve its domestic capabilities through a “strategic relationship” with transportation company Estes Express Lines.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said it won’t make current hazardous materials motor carrier information available to the public until 2013, despite brokers’ complaints that its data are rife with errors and aren’t updated fast enough.

For parcel carriers, the reported surge of online shopping has been a boon for their businesses, companies said.

Transplace Inc. has announced it has been chosen to manage the truckload contracts as well as freight audit and payments of composites and coatings manufacturer Reichhold Inc.

Ceva Logistics said it has expanded its less-than-container load consolidation services by introducing 30 new services.