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September 2021

Emirates to receive final A380 in November

Emirates will receive three more A380 aircraft from Airbus this year with its last unit on order scheduled to join its fleet in November, bringing forward the original deliverytimeline from June 2022. These deliveries will bring Emirates’ total fleet of A380s to 118 units in November. As travel restrictions ease with the global roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, come October, Emirates will have reinstated its A380 operations on over a dozen popular routes ... [+]

President Emmanuel Macron visits CMA CGM

French President Emmanuel Macron visiting CMA CGM’s headquarters in Marseille on September 2. He was greeted by CMA CGM CEO Rodolphe Saadé at the CMA CGM Tower. This was the first visit to the steamship line’s headquarters by a sitting French President. [+]

Georgia Gov. Kemp suspends restrictions

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has suspended enforcement of federal limits on hours of service for commercial vehicleoperators in Georgia. He also loosened weight restrictions for trucks on Georgia highways. The announcement came by an update to Kemp’s executive order declaring a COVID state of emergency. The adjusted trucking rules will remain ... [+]

MSC connects India and Canada

MSC is pleased to announce the addition of a port call at Halifax, Canada, on the Indus 2 service.The addition of Halifax will offer a direct call and very competitive transit times, opening new perspectives for MSC between India and Canada, serving customers who wish to ship cargo to Toronto ... [+]

Port of Coos Bay to construct multimodal container terminal

The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay announced on September 1 that it has partnered with NorthPoint Developmentto construct a multimodal container facility on the North Spit. The Port and NorthPoint have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the project, with the intention of finalizing negotiations and signing ... [+]

Vietnam Airlines selects WFS

Vietnam Airlines has selected Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as its new cargo handling partner at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.The multi-year contract will see WFS providing full cargo handling services for the airline’s twice-weekly Airbus A350-900 passenger freighter aircraft flights directly connecting freight forwarders, importers and exporters in Amsterdam and Vietnam’s Tan ... [+]

Contra Account Definition, Types, and Example

For example, if a piece of heavy machinery is purchased for $10,000, that $10,000 figure is maintained on the general ledger even as the asset's depreciation is recorded separately. A contra account is a general ledger account with a balance that is opposite of the normal balance for that account ... [+]

Delta celebrates 75 years of leading the air cargo industry

Seventy-five years ago, Delta made its official but humble entry into the cargo business: 200 pounds of freshly picked mushrooms loaded aboard a DC-3 destined for Atlanta, making farm-to-table a possibility decades before it became a culinary hashtag.That first week of operation in 1946, the airline carried a little bit ... [+]

New Kale Logistics Solutions study at Atlanta Airport

A study by Kale Info Solutions Inc, the North America division of Kale Logistics Solutions (Kale), on the impact of digitisation at Atlanta Airport, Georgia, USA, has demonstrated CO2 and fuel savings, as well as reduced labor costs, and close to 2,000 man-hours saved.The study showed that by using digital ... [+]

Port Everglades’ July Numbers are Hot, Hot, Hot

Port Everglades broke its historic high for July with 91,285 TEUs. “We are confident that we will once again top 1 million TEUs this fiscal year, signaling a clear return to pre-pandemic trade between the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean,” said Port Everglades Chief Executive and Port Director Jonathan ... [+]

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