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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Mayor Richard Berry and other local leaders want to capitalize on Albuquerque’s history — and present — as a crossroads for international commerce.

Berry announced Tuesday that a coalition of local government is hiring a Massachusetts firm to study how to turn the Albuquerque metropolitan area into a global transportation, warehousing and logistics hub.

The goal, Berry said, is to capitalize on the region’s railroads, interstate highways and other assets to diversify the local economy.

Goods heading to and from Asia already pass through Albuquerque on rail lines that link the port of Long Beach, California, with Chicago. Another rail line provides a link to Mexico.

Finding a way to take advantage of that — perhaps through businesses that sort or manufacture goods in Albuquerque — is the next step, Berry said during a windswept news conference by the Barelas rail yards.

“We’re sitting on more infrastructure here than almost any other city of our size in America,” Berry said. “For a longtime, we’ve really been punching under our weight in terms of being a logistical hub.”