Higher levels of training to maintain and improve the expertise of those employed by shippers, consolidators, warehouses and depots to pack containers is now a primary objective of a number of current industry initiatives.

ARINC Inc. has introduced e-Forwarder, a service that provides cargo-operations management for small to mid-sized freight forwarders.

Logistics "must generate the necessary platform of opportunities so that firms can widely develop their activities through efficient logistics networks," according to Santiago Bassols, director of Barcelona Catalunya Centre Logístic (BCL).

Boeing projects the world aircraft fleet will double over the next 20 years, according to the company's annual Current Market Outlook.

Agile Network has announced a partnership with Invata to provide integrated material handling and a parcel manifesting platform for high volume shippers.