Sunday, February 22, 2009

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Women Jeans Info

Just info of women clothes about women's jeans trends.

Jeans are the most old and traditional wear for a lot of people all over the world. They are available in many shades of blue and black. Known for their durability, they have a unique feature, they look good as they fade.

Easy to wear jeans have the same kind of look that jeans that are not so easy to wear have. But each of it has a different appeal and a different thing to say. Jeans fashion apparel inspired by the girl next door and designed for you is a fresh designer brand of women’s clothing and designer jeans such as Lee, L.E.I., Levi's, Lucky, Miss Sixty, Mudd, Old Navy, Wrangle, etc which will always be viewed as innovative, contemporary, exciting, in season, in style and as having high quality and ultimately comfortable to wear.

The basic difference between the varieties of Jeans available on the market is how well these jeans fit, especially on the buttocks. Do you know that jeans is worn not just to show off rebellious character, but also to add some voluptuousness to a woman's body? Add a skin hugging jeans, with a low waist and tight short T-shirt and there it is - a sexy appeal. This look is more suitable for skinny people with a suitable height.

When you are petite, you are always fighting the “little girl” look. One way to do that in denim is to go more fashion-forward. Try the skinny jean of the season, not only to call more attention to womanly curves but to “age” yourself the right way. Brown is a very edgy denim color this season, as is black and, more importantly, gray. (You'll look too young in a faded blue jean with rips at the knee.) This edgier style works to lengthen the leg line and make you look taller, and the new color ages you appropriately.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Safety Regulation at The Berth

Below are some of general safety regulation once vessel berthing at port.
  • Ensure that a Life-Buoy ring is provided by the accommodation ladder.
  • Ensure safety net is fitted to accommodation ladder and access.
  • Mooring
  • Accommodation ladders (gangways) should remain hanging from the bridle and not be swung out over the wharf. This is to prevent impact between quay cranes and the accommodation ladder. Accommodation ladders should be continuously adjusted to cater for change of draft and tide.
  • Mooring lines should be kept tight to ensure that the vessel is alongside parallel to the wharf at all times. In vessels equipped with tension winches, these need to be adjusted to cater for prevailing weather conditions.
  • In the event that mooring lines have to be adjusted during container operations, the Berth Operation Superintendent is to be informed to ensure that crane operators are warned of potential change of position of vessel relative to wharf.
  • Ensure that rat-guards are maintained on all mooring lines.
  • Ensure vessel is ballast to remain upright during container operations to prevent damage when quay crane are long traveling past accommodation and bridge wings.
  • Testing of engine is prohibited unless permission is granted from the Berth Operation Superintendent. Container operations are to cease on your own and the adjacent vessel to ensure risk of an accident is minimized during the testing of engines.
  • No hot work (welding, oxy-cutting etc) is to be carried out while alongside without permission of the Shift Manager.
  • Ship chandlers and other suppliers are not to obstruct container operation.
  • Smoking is prohibited in the terminal where marked with a “No Smoking” sign.
  • Do not dispose of garbage overboard and ensure that there is no oil spillage while alongside.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Shipping and Forwarding Terminologies

Common Terminologies/Words Used in Shipping, Forwarding and Incoterms
SIShipping Intruction
B/LBil of Lading
CYContainer Yard
FCLFull Container Load
LCLLess than a Container Load
CFSContainer Freight Station
TEUTwenty Foot Equivalent Units
FEUForty Foot Equivalent Units
DOOR TO DOORmeans Shipper's door to Consignee's Door
HOUSE TO HOUSEsame as Door to Door term
I.C.D.Interior Container Depot
M.L.B.Mini Land Bridge (For USA Services). Moving cargo from any West Coast port to any East Coast port by means of rail or by truck. E.g. From Los Angelest to New York.
Reverse MLB: For west bound shipment, cargo from the east coast, e.g. NYC, is railed to a west coast port e.g. SFO, for shipment out to far east/S.E.A
MICRO-BRIDGE(For USA Services). Moving cargo from a port to point by carrier, e.g. Los Angeles to Atlanta
IPIInterior Point Intermodal
Reverse IPI: Crago from inland point is being drayed to a east coast port for shipment
OCPOverland Container Point
SHORTLANDED CARGOCargo that was for discharge was not discharged
SHORTSHIPPEDCargo meant for shipment but which was not shipped
OVERLANDED CARGOCargo not meant for discharged but was discharged
SHUT OUTCargo intended for loading but intentionally was not loaded
DEMURRAGEThese are charges which are incurred when a loaded container with cargo, or cargo devanned from a container is held at carrier's discharge port CY or CFS at destination point or CFS beyond the permitted time as stipulated in the tariff rule for that particular Port/Point CY/CFS
DETENTIONThase are charges incurred when a shipper or consignee who holds the container at his premises and do not return the loaded/empty container to the carrier CY within the permitted free time as stipulated in the tariff
STUFFINGMeans the Physical placing of cargo into a container
UNSTUFFINGAnother term used: Devanning. It mean the Physical removal of cargo from a container
REVENUE TON (R/T)Means 1000kgs or one cubic meter on which freight is assessed
DDCDestination Delivery Charge (For USA East Bound Cargo)
TRCTerminal Receiving Charge (For USA Weast Bound Cargo)
FOBFree On Board: Consignee has control of routing
CIFCost, Insurance, Freight: The Shipper has control of routing
CNFCost and Freight: The Shipper has control of routing without Insurance
BAFBunker Adjustment Factor
CAFCurrency Adjustment Factor
THCTerminal Handling Charge
SOCShipper Own Container
COCCarrier Own Container
NVOCCNon Vessel Owning Common Carrier
T/STranshipment
VOYVoyage
POLPort Of Loading
PODPort Of Discharge
ETAEstimated Time of Arrival
ETDEstimated Time of Departure
FIOSFree In and Out Stowed: means all cost for loading and discharging is under cargo's owner responsibility
FIOSTFree In, Out, Stowed and Trimmed
FILOFree In Liners Out
D.D.PDelivery Duty Paid, means all the charges incurred at destination e.g. Custums Clearance and duty tax is under Sipper/Seller responsibility
D.D.UDelivery Duty Unpaid, means all the charges incurred at destination e.g. Custums Clearance and duty tax is under Consignee/Buyer responsibility
E.X.WEX Work, means all charges incurred from shipper's warehouse at loading port until consignee's warehouse at destination is under Consignee/Buyer responsibility

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Containers Specification

Vessel is the transport by sea and using for distribution of trade in the country and abroad such as export and import, one of the ships are container vessel, where the ship is to carry container specially, where the container is one type of packaging to send goods through sea that is safe and easy.

Container made from the metal and usually provided by ship owner transport services or shipping lines as carrier for used to do when their customers/Shipper will send the goods by container vessel, but some time container provide by Shipper self due they have own container or leasing. Much of containers types and sizes (based on the standardization of international shipping association) can be use with following the type of goods will be sent. The type of containers such as dry container (General Purpose), Reefer, Flat Rack, Fantainer, Open Top, Tank, etc. Whereas type of size are 20 feet, 40 feet, 45 feet, with height standard or height cubic.

Below are the containers type and size list based on the standardization of international shipping association