Datalogic ADC, a vendor of automatic data capture and imaging technologies, has added the PowerScan PBT9500 imager to its PowerScan 9500 family of products.

The fall order season for trailers kicked off with an impressive 43 percent month over month net order gain. Total net orders were 24,900 units. The year-over-year comparison was less robust, but still a solid 6-percent increase. This information was included in the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co.

Boeing projects that airlines in the Middle East will need nearly 100,000 new pilots and technicians to support the expanding demand for new airplane deliveries over the next two decades.

Chassisfinder.com, a Web-based chassis-reservation exchange, has added locations at the Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle port complexes.

XPO Logistics Inc., a provider of transportation and logistics services in North America, has acquired Optima Service Solutions, LLC, a non-asset-based specialist in last-mile logistics for retailers and manufacturers in the U.S.

Choice Logistics, a specialist in the handling of service parts, has opened a new distribution center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.