1.   And eToys.com has built shipping hubs of its own on the East and West coasts to stock more products and speed deliveries.

2.   Once the eastern shipping hub of the country, Montreal has reinvented itself as a center for biotech, telecommunications and information technology companies.

3.   On the Brooklyn waterfront in Red Hook, a man rails against a plan to bring immense garbage barges to a newly created shipping hub for trash.

4.   Shipping hub.

5.   American cargo companies have wanted more freedom to use Japan as a Pacific shipping hub.

6.   Operators of a former military airfield hope the addition of a Dutch cargo airline will help turn the site into a shipping hub.

7.   U.S. cargo companies have wanted more freedom to use Japan as a Pacific shipping hub.

8.   A Malaysian port in the southern Johor state has also signalled its intent to become a regional shipping hub.

9.   The track would be part of an ambitious pan-Asia link which is also expected to boost efforts to make Malaysia a regional shipping hub.

10.   Last month, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the government planned to expand all its ports to make the country a regional trade and shipping hub.