9 Temmuz 2012 Pazartesi

Cute Bambi Deer at Nara Park, Japan

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Previously a huge private garden, Nara Park (奈良公園) is a public park located in the city of Nara, Japan, at the foot of Mount Wakakusa, established in 1880. The park is one of the "Places of Scenic Beauty" designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). There are over 1,200 wild sika deer (シカ or 鹿 shika) roaming freely around in the park classified as a "Natural Monument." Nara National Museum and Great Buddha of Todai-ji, is also part of the park compound.
 According to local folklore, deer from this area were considered sacred due to a visit from one of the four gods of Kasuga Shrine, From that point onwards, the deer were considered divine and sacred. Killing one of these sacred deer was a capital offense punishable by death at least up until 1637. Post World War II the deer were officially stripped of their sacred/divine status and were instead designated as National Treasures and are protected as such. Of course, we are not allowed to kill or capture those deer but there are accident cases whereby deer are killed in road accident at night
Deer roaming around freely



Bambi!

One of the deer in which its horn has been cut to be used into types of household product..but it will always re-grow again..


The Sika Deer (name derived from shika (鹿), Cervus nippon, also known as the Spotted Deer or the Japanese Deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia and introduced to various other parts of the world. It is now on the brink of extinction in all areas except in Japan, where the species is overabundant.
Source: Wikipedia, 2012
Too hungry? or just trying its luck with the chain? Those chains are not to restrict the deer..they are just used a marker to show their main 'housing' space. The deers can just come out anytime
Laze around..ahh that's life..with free food for them without any worries
or getting pat by tourists..this is what we want to see in any part of the world..animals and human can co-exist together


That's me feeding the deer with rice crackers aka Shika senbei (鹿煎餅)

Top 4 Summer Vacations in the Mediterranean Sea

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Off the land, off the feet, we’re hitting the ocean. One of the best places to hit is the Mediterranean Sea. Connected to the Atlantic Ocean and surrounded by the Mediterranean region, the Mediterranean Sea has an average depth of 1,500 m (4,900 ft) and the deepest recorded point is 5,267 m (17,280 ft) in the Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea. Because of its deep and beautiful seas there are 4 recommended holiday activities to be planned for the summer holiday.

Snorkelling
Of several islands in the middle Mediterranean Sea, lies a small island called Malta Island. One of the heavenly spots for snorkelling activity one should visit the Blue Lagoon to enjoy its emerald ocean between Comino and Cominotto Island.
Blue Lagoon Bay between Comino and Cominotto island
Source: Wikipedia, 2012


Diving
Recommending the French coast as a diving spot, one should visit the Corsica Island. Corsica Island offers one of the most diving sites with a total of 39 dive sites.
The Beautiful Bay of Calvi in Corsica Island
Source: Wikipedia, 2012

Catamaran Cruise
Past the port of Majorca, is the highly recommended Catamaran cruising. Onboard your catamaran, and enjoy views of the Majorca coastline and the neighbouring island of Menorca.
Two catamaran sailboats
Source: Wikipedia, 2012

Cruise Ship

Fancy luxury cruises? The most visited ports for cruse experience in Mediterranean Sea are Barcelona (Spain), Civitavecchia (Italy), Palma (Spain) and Venice (Italy). Book your Mediterranean Cruises for your summer vacation.
The Carribbean Cruise Ship
Source: Wikipedia, 2012

They Call it "The God's Window"

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Fret not! Part of my South Africa posting in the year 2009 has not ended yet. As part of my final trip in South Africa, namely the Kruger National Park, I took the chance to drop by God’s Window which is part of the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve.
God’s Window is a popular vantage point along the Drakensberg escarpment in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. The name God’s Window is for the panoramic view of the Lowveld which is more than 900 m down into lush indigenous forest clad ravine. The cliffs plunge over 700 metres to the Lowveld which means it is as high as the Penang Hill. Remember the famous 1980 cult film The Gods Must Be Crazy? God’s Window features prominently in the plot whereby the indigenous Bushman character travels to God’s Window, and due to some low-lying cloud cover believes it to be the end of the Earth.
On a clear day it is possible to see the Kruger National Park towards the Lebombo Mountains on the border with Mozambique. Just one look down and you will begin to understand why it is called "God's Window". Such majestic observation of the hills and forests are as far as the eye can see!

Source: Wikipedia, 2012


One of the panoramic vantage point overlooking the whole forest area.



a mini 'rainforest' along the walkway towards the window

Lots of pine trees all over and can you see the background of this photo? majestic!

700 meters high view!

close-up view of the forests...actually deforestation is happening here but according to the locals these trees are farmed for paper and the cleared area are being planted with new trees again. Well is it sustainable? You can decide!
From the other side of the vantage point
That's me as a proof that I was there during the winter!

Nostalgic Experience Stay at the Albert Court Village Hotel

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ForgetMarina Bay Sands Hotel, forget the infamous Mandarin Oriental Hotel in OrchardRoad. The Albert Court Village Hotel offers you a totally different experiencein Singapore. The hotel offers an architectural fusion between East and Westwith warm Peranakan heritage settings. As a boutique hotel, one can experiencethe nostalgic past with a European boutique charm. Without further ado, let thephotos do the talking about my experience.
The Albert Court Village Hotel Entrance offers you Colonial Peranakan feeling even from the entrance itself




The Interior
Wooden Village Interior Design


even the elevator itself is captivating
The orchids are for real and the hall is filled with nice soothing potpourri scent

The Room
very cosy twin bedroom.The management did a good decision to maintain its peranakan/colonial genuineness  by installing an 'old' ceiling fan while utilising wooden floor instead of carpet


The Cafetaria
I would say the cafeteria is the best part among other Albert Court Village Hotel attraction. The food's great accompanied by nice view and coffee shop interior 


Location: Atthe heart of Little India of Rochor Road and Orchard Road shopping centre areonly a 10 minutes walk away
Amenities: Genuinefree Wifi, and coffee making facilities with clean bathroom
Fun:Offers a nostalgic feeling which is rare for any visitors
Recommended mid range affordable 4 Star hotel in the heart of Singapore 

8 Temmuz 2012 Pazar

2D Code and Bar Code Similarities

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If you’ve worked with linear bar codes, you’re more familiar with QR codes than you may think.


The old saying is true—the more things change, the more they stay the same. Similar thinking can be applied to QR codes, which are a lot like the bar codes, which you may already familiar with. Applying that thought process will remove a lot of the mystery when working with QR codes during your production process.
Quiet Zone: Barcodes require a sufficient quiet zone, and QR codes do, too. A good rule of thumb is to have a minimum white border equal to the width of two (and up to four) modules around all four sides.
 Symbol Contrast: Symbol contrast is the difference in reflectance values between the lightest and darkest parts of the symbol. The blackest possible bars printed on the whitest possible substrate would have 100% contrast. Gray shades can be used, as long as the background and module colors vary in contrast by >=40% (a “C” grade).
Color Usage: Like bar codes, QR codes do not need to be black and white—as long as there is sufficient contrast. It’s best to stick with a light colored background towards the red end of the color spectrum and use dark colored modules towards the blue end of the color spectrum. For an ANSI Symbol Contrast Color Chart, go to http://www.scanalyst.com/colortool.doc Verification: Best practice says to test the QR code on a variety of mobile devices, and test scanning it with a variety of reader apps. A professional grade GS1 bar code scanner is a great verification tool—especially if reporting and ISO compliance are necessary. As an example, in addition to verifying all of the major (linear) bar codes, the Integra 9500 will read and verify QR codes, Micro QR codes and Datamatrix codes.
Chris Lehan is the Director of Product Development at Impressions Incorporated (a multi-color printer in St. Paul, MN specializing in the complete production of customized printing and paperboard packaging). http://www.i-i.com/
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Fishing with QR Codes

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  Another clever use of QR codes involved passersby fishing for QR codes on Lexington Street in Soho, London. For a limited period leading up to their launch, the restaurant, Yoobi, covered their hoarding around the future site with fish that have QR codes on them.

The Temaki Sushi restaurant ‘Yoobi ‘is London’s first. Prior to opening, the future site stood behind a brightly painted green hoarding. Passersby could go fishing with QR Codes. Each black fish on the hoarding had its own unique QR code. “Winning” fish meant free Temaki. Every code revealed a different message, such as “Well done, you’ve caught the freshest fish around” or “Unlucky, your fish escaped”. Winners would then present a voucher during the first two weeks of the opening, which occurred in March of 2012. The physical codes stayed the same; they changed the messages, however, that were generated by each code, which meant the game would remain fresh. In other words, an unlucky fish one day might be a winner the next.
Chris Lehan is the Director of Product Development at Impressions Incorporated (a multi-color printer in St. Paul, MN specializing in the complete production of customized printing and paperboard packaging). http://www.i-i.com/Follow me on Twitter @chrislehan

QR Codes vs. Datamatrix

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The question often arises—which is better QR Codes or DatamatrixCodes? Generally speaking, choosing to use one over the other is negligible.

Datamatrix code: upper, left. QR code: upper, right.

Which 2dcode is better—QR codes or Datamatrix? People will agree to disagree on thissubject. (Generally) speaking, using one over the other is negligible. I saythis because the best reader apps will read both, anyway. Datamatrix is moreefficient, has better error correction, a better finder pattern, etc. Whileadvertisers have been quick to adopt QR codes for their ad campaigns, the twocodes are visually similar enough that someone would not be any less inclinedto scan a Datamatrix code if they happened by one. The underlying principle foreach code is the same—“What will happen after the code is scanned?”

Datamatrix is the code of choice for industry groups for use in their supplychains—commerce for aerospace, automotive, healthcare, pharmaceutical andnutraceutical, electronics, etc. Also, Datamatrix performs better when markingproducts directly (for example, printing on a variety of surfaces such as plasticor metal) and can be printed with a much smaller footprint. In addition,Datamatrix codes are approximately 20% more efficient than QR codes. Meaning, theycan be that much smaller and contain the same amount of data, or the same sizecode can be read from 20% further away.


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QR Codes and Beer

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More and more clever uses of QR codes are cropping up—they are not so ho-hum anymore. Guinness have incorporated a QR code into a beer glass, which appears only when filled with their dark brew.


Another clever use of QR codes, which is similar to the 3D sunlight activated code that created a code by casting a shadow, has been created by BBDO, New York.  BBDO have created an etched code on a beer glass that is literally activated by the Guinness product—once poured into the glass, the beer's black color fills in the code; regular colored beer will not have an effect. The code resolves to tweets about the beer, Facebook status updates, and even launches exclusive Guinness content, such as providing the ability to download coupons and promotions. A year ago, the campaign was a real hit—in fact; the campaign was a gold winner at the 2011 John Caples International Awards. It has gone viral now and, unfortunately, the original landing now resolves to a parking page on domain registrar GoDaddy.com. What a disappointment to the thousands of people who have scanned the code.
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QR Codes in Greeting Cards

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Extend the message in your greeting card with a QR code. Here, I incorporated a QR code into a card , which played the result of the static art I created.
Another clever use of a 2d code extends the user experience through a video. After drawing the artwork, I scanned it and manipulated it in Photoshop; several layers were created and edited to add elements and move parts of the image around. I then rendered it as a .avi file. NOTE: I've taken the landing page down; you can see how the code resolved by watching the video, below.


The 2d code appears on the back of greeting card; the art is on the front. NOTE: The landing page is no longer active; scanning the code will not work.
Once the video was rendered, I embedded it into a web page, copied the URL, generated a QR code and placed it on the back of the card, along with some basic instructions. Below, you can see the result when the code resolved.

video


Chris Lehan is the Director of Product Development at Impressions Incorporated (a multi-color printer in St. Paul, MN specializing in the complete production of customized printing and paperboard packaging). http://www.i-i.com/Follow me on Twitter @chrislehan

7 Temmuz 2012 Cumartesi

Marketing and Habits

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Slipping this great infographic in for the last post of this week. I will continue with some great marketing campaign coverage next week. I saw this really interesting stat this morning and wanted to pass it on:

88% of adults in the US have a cell phone, 57% have a laptop, 19% own an e-reader, and 19% have a tablet.  

The above info comes at a time when I am blasting through one of the most interesting reads I have had in a long time: The Power of Habit. Knowing the psychology of marketing along with stats like these, we should all take a moment to think about our marketing campaigns and tweak them strategically.

Also, check out the below graphic. The Power and Growth of Mobile Marketing.  Stay dry today! Check back tomorrow for Viral Friday.

 

T Mobile Hit on Viral Video Friday

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Happy Summer Friday Everyone!


Here are this week's hottest viral videos. There are some truly great ones this week!

I wanted to share the  most recent viral hit from T Mobile. The brand has pulled out some great stunts in the past. This one, was unfortunately an angry customer gone awry and put T Mobile on the bad side of the viral video wave. The video was shot on a handset and made to look like reality tv. A man is captured on video after being refused a refund in a store. He goes crazy and smashes up the shop, including spraying the place with fire extinguishers. All while a large crowd watches.

The video received over a million views in just 24 hours! What do you think? Will this have a negative impact on T Mobile, or is this publicity?

Investment Fund Market

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Investment Fund Market-What is the investment fund market?

An overview of the investment funds market

The investment fund market is the place of investment fund transactions, it is part of the stock market.

Throughout the development of the investment fund market in the world history can be seen, the investment fund market has been able to become an integral part of the industry financial markets, partly because of the investment fund as an investment tool inherent features and unique advantages, the other hand, the countries to strengthen the results of the investment fund market regulators. The investment fund market, small to large, from specifications to standardize development has not been easy, there was heavy lessons due to lack of supervision.

The investment fund market is more developed in Britain, America, Japan and other countries no not benefit from the regulatory level of the Fund continue to improve the regulatory level of a large extent depends on the fund the establishment of the regulatory system and the degree of perfection. Due to different national situation, and in which specific conditions and condition of the investment fund market development objectives and requirements, the use of the fund market selection and supervision of the regulatory body means also showed significant differences, which formed a unique practice investment fund market regulatory approach.

Japanese Offer

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Japanese Offer-What is the Japanese offer?


The Japanese offer is the lowest price listed in the price list, in order to cause buyers interested in quotations.

Japanese quote is most advantageous to the seller settlement as a precondition, and under the terms of trade in such a low price, various aspects are difficult to meet all of the needs of the buyer if the buyer is asked to change the conditions, the seller would will be a corresponding increase in the price. Therefore, buyers and sellers to the last traded price, often higher than the price in the price table.

The resolve of the Japanese offer:


Japanese offer in the face of many external opponents, is an art and strategy offer.

On the other hand, when other vendors defeated have gone, when the original buyer buyer's market advantage because it can exclude competitors and to attract the buyer over, to obtain advantage and victory in the competition with other vendors; ceased to exist, turned out to be a buyer on a number of vendor negotiations obviously advantages in the hands of the buyer, and when other vendors does not exist, has become a buyer to a seller, the two sides no one dominant thus can sit down and makes a talk, while the buyer this time in order to reach a certain demand, had served as the seller little by little to raise the price can be achieved.

Japanese quotations responses:

Smart negotiators do not want to fall into the trap of the Japanese offer. Best practices into a Japanese offer to avoid is that the other offer content and other merchants offer of eleven comparison to see whether they contain content, and thus determine its pricing and other merchants offer comparable sex. Can not just have the form of expression, regardless of the substance, and strayed into the trap. If the comparison is found to be inconsistent, that is, to judge from its contents and price relationship, not blindly engaged.

It should be noted that if the offer do not have directly comparable, it would have to be adjusted accordingly, so that comparable, and then for comparison and decision-making. Should not only pay attention to the final price, a careful analysis of its offer contains no comparison, hasty decision-making, resulting in undue passive and losses.

In addition, even if the offer of a merchants than those of other vendors, concessions, competitive, but also do not completely give up the contact and contact with other merchants, to know that doing so actually give each other a sustainable competitive pressure, forcing them to continue to make concessions.

The evaluation of the Japanese offer:

The Japanese offer is actually the same thing with the Western European style offer, the two different only in form, but there is no substantive difference.

In general, the Japanese offer pro-competitive Western European-style offer more in line with the price psychology. Most people are accustomed to price high to low, gradually decreased, rather than the opposite change in trend.

World Sea Ports

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World Sea Ports-World shipping port table:

World Sea Ports/World shipping port table-A:


Aalborg Aalborg (Denmark)

Aalesund Aalesund (Norway)

Aarhus Aarhus (Denmark)

Abadan Abadan (Iran)

Abidjan Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Acajutla Acajutla (El Salvador)

Acapulco Acapulco (Mexico)

Accra Accra (Ghana)

Adelaide Adelaide (Australia)

Aden Aden (Yemen)

Agana Agana (Guam)

Alexandria Alexandria (Egypt)

Algiers Algiers (Algeria)

Amsterdam Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Ancona Ancona (Italy)

Annaba Annaba (Algeria)

Antofagasta Antofagasta (Chile)

Antwerp, Antwerp (Belgium)

Aomen [Macao Macau (China)

Apapa Apapa (Nigeria)

Apia Apia (Western Samoa)

Of Aqaba Akaba] Aqaba (Jordan)

Arica Arica (Chile)

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (Russia)

Aseb [Assab, Assab (Ethiopia)

Athens (Greece)

The Aukland Auckland (New Zealand)

Avenmouth Effendi Kramers (UK)

World Sea Ports-B


Bahia Blanka Blanca (Argentina)

Baltimore Baltimore (USA)

Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas (Iran)

Bandar Khomeini, Khomeini Port (Iran)

Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan (text)

Bangkok (Thailand)

Banjarmaisn Banjarmasin (Indonesia)

Banjul Banjul (Gambia)

Bar Bar (Yugoslavia)

The Barcelona Ba Saluo that (Spain)

Barranquilla Barranquilla (Colombia)

Basra Basra (Iraq)

Bassein Bassein (Burma)

Bata to the tower (Equatorial Guinea)

Beihai Beihai (China)

Beira Beira (Mozambique)

Beirut Beirut (Lebanon)

Belawan Belawan (Indonesia)

Belfast Belfast (United Kingdom)

Belize Belize (Belize)

Belmopan Belmopan (Belize)

Benghazi Benghazi (Libya)

Berbera Berbera (Somalia)

Bergen Bergen (Norway)

Berne Berne (Switzerland)

Bilbao Bilbao (Spain)

Birkenhead Birkenhead (UK)

Bissau in Bissau (Guinea Bissau)

Bizerta Bizerte (Tunisia)

Boma Boma (Zaire)

Bombay Mumbai (India)

Bordeaux Bordeaux (France)

Boston Boston (USA)

Bourgas Bourgas (Bulgaria)

Bremen Bremen (Germany)

Bremerhaven Bremerhaven (France)

Brest Brest (France)

Brisbane Brisbane (Australia)

Bristol Bristol (UK)

Buenaventura Buenaventura (Colombia)

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Argentina)



World Sea Ports-C

Cagliari Cagliari (Italy)

Calcutta Calcutta (India)

Callao Callao (Peru)

Cape Town Cape Town (South Africa)

Caracas Caracas (Committee Ruinei La)

Cardiff Cardiff (UK)

Cartagena Kahe Na (Colombia)

The Casablanca [Dar el Beida, Casablanca (Morocco)

Cebu Cebu (Philippines)

Charleston Charleston (USA)

Cheribon well in (Indonesia)

Chiba Chiba (Japan)

Chicago of Chicago (USA)

Chimbote Chimbote (Peru)

Chittagong Chittagong (Bangladesh)

Chongjin Chongjin (North Korea)

Coatzacoalcos boast Review boast Erke Si (Mexico)

Colombo Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Colon Colon (Panama)

Conakry Conakry (Guinea)

Coonstantza Constanta (Romania)

The la Conuna La Coruna (Spain)

The Copehagen Copenhagen (Denmark)

Corinto Corinto (Nicaragua)

Cork (Ireland)

Cotonou Cotonou (Benin)

christ the Church Claes Teqie odd (New Zealand)

Crotone Crotone within (Italy)

Cumana Cumana (Venezuela)

[Edit] D

Dacca Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Dakar Dakar (Senegal)

Dalian Dalian (China)

Damman Dammam (Saudi Arabia)

Da Nang Da Nang (Vietnam)

Dar el-Beida, the Casablanca] Casablanca (Morocco)

Darwin Darwin (Australia)

Dar-es-Salaam Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

The Djakarta Jakarta (Indonesia)

Djibouti Djibouti (Djibouti)

Doha Doha (Qatar)

Dordrecht Dordrecht (Netherlands)

Douala Douala (Cameroon)

Dubai Dubai (UAE)

Dublin Dublin (Ireland)

Dunedin to play Nitin (New Zealand)

Dunkirk Dunkirk (United Kingdom)

Durresi Durres (Albania)



E

East London East London (South Africa)



F

Fredericia Fredericia (Denmark)

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (Norway)

Free Town, Freetown (Sierra Leone)

Freemantle Fremantle (Australia)

Fuzhou Fuzhou (China)



G

The Gaoxiong Kaohsiung (China)

Gdansk Gdansk (Poland)

Gdynia Gdynia (Poland)

Geelong Geelong (Australia)

Genoa Genoa (Italy)

Georgetown [Penang George Town, Penang (Malaysia)

Georgetown Georgetown (Guyana, Canada)

Gibraltar Gibraltar (Spain)

Gijon Gijon (Spain)

Glasgow Glasgow (UK)

Godthab Godthab (Greenland)

Goteborg Goteborg (Sweden)

Guangzhou Guangzhou (China)

Guayaquil Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Guaymas Guaymas (Mexico)



H

Haifa Haifa (Israel)

Hai-Phong Haiphong (Vietnam)

Hakodate Hakodate (Japan)

Halifax Halifax (Canada)

Halmstad Halmstad (Sweden)

Hamburg (Germany)

Hanoi Hanoi (Vietnam)

Havana Havana (Cuba)

Helsinki Helsinki (Finland)

Hiroshima Hiroshima (Japan)

Hongay Hongji (Vietnam)

Hongkong Hong Kong (China)

Honolulu Honolulu (United States)

Houston Houston (USA)

Hudaydak of Al Holland Delta (Yemen)

Hull Hull (UK)

The Hungnam Singnan (North Korea)



World Sea Ports-I

Iloilo Iloilo Iloilo (Philippines)

Iquique Iquique (Chile)

Istanbul Istanbul (Turkey)

Izmir [the Smyrna Izmir (Turkey)



J

Jakarta Jakarta (Indonesia)

Jidda Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

The Jilong Keelung (China)



K

Kagoshima, Kagoshima (Japan)

Kakinada Kakinada (India)

-Kampong Saon Sihanoukville (Cambodia)

Karachi Karachi (Pakistan)

Khulna Khulna (Bangladesh)

Kiel Kiel (Germany)

Kingston Kingston (Jamaica, Canada)

The Kismayu Kismayo (Somalia)

Kobe Kobe (Japan)

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

The Kuching Ji Jin (Malaysia)

Kuwait Kuwait (Kuwait)



L

Lagos Lagos (Nigeria)

The la Guaina La Guaira (Venezuela)

The la Rouchelle La Rochelle (France)

La Spezia, La Spezia (Italy)

La Plata, La Plata (Argentina)

Latakia Latakia (Syria)

Le Havre, Le Havre (France)

Leghorn [Livorno] Lai Geen (Italy)

Leninggrad Lenin leather Le (Russia)

Lianyungang Lianyungang (China)

Libreville Libreville (Gabon)

Limassol Limassol (Cyprus)

Mongolia where Limon (Costa Rica)

Lisboa [Lisbon Lisbon (Portugal)

Liverpool Liverpool (UK)

Lome Lome (Togo)

London (UK)

Long Beach, Long Beach (USA)

Los Angeles (USA)

Luanda Luanda (Angola)

Lubeck Luebeck (Germany)

Lyttelton Lyttelton (New Zealand)



M

Macao Macau (China)

Majunga Mahajanga (Madagascar)

The Makasa Makassar (Indonesia)

Malabo Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Malacca Malacca (Malaysia)

Malaga Malaga (Spain)

Male Male (Maldives)

Malindi Malindi (Kenya)

Malmo Malmo (Sweden)

Malta Malta (Malta)

Manama, Al Manama (Bahrain)

Manila Manila (Philippines)

Maputo Maputo (Mozambique)

Maracaibo Maracaibo (Committee Ruinei La)

Mariupol Mariupol (Ukraine)

Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata (Argentina)

Marseilles Marseilles (France)

Massawa Massawa (Ethiopia)

Matadi Matadi (Zaire)

Matanzas Matanzas (Cuba)

Mazatlan Mazatlan (Mexico)

Melbourne Melbourne (Australia)

Menado Manado (Indonesia)

Mersin Mersin (Turkey)

Messina Messina (Italy)

Miami Miami (USA)

Milford Milford Haven (United Kingdom)

Mobile Mobile (USA)

Mogadisho [Mogadiscio] Mount leave Mogadishu (Somalia)

Mokpo Mokpo (Korea)

Mombasa Mombasa (Kenya)

Monrovia Monrovia (Liberia)

Montevideo Montevideo (Uruguay)

Montreal Montreal (Canada)

Mokalla, Al Mukalla (Yemen)

Moulmein Moulmein (Myanmar)

The Murmansk Moer Man Minsk (Russia)

Muscat Muscat (Oman)



World Sea Ports-N

Nagasaki Nagasaki (Japan)

Nagoya Nagoya (Japan)

Naha Naha (Japan)

Nakhodka Nakhodka (Russia)

Nampo Nampo (North Korea)

Nantes Nantes (France)

Naples [Napoli, Naples (Italy)

New Orleans New Orleans (USA)

New York New York (United States)

New Castle Newcastle (Australia, United States)

New Heaven "New Zealand Haven (USA)

Nicosia Nicosia (Cyprus)

Niigata, Niigata (Japan)

The Ningpo Ningbo (China)

Norfolk Norfolk (USA)

Nouakchott Nouakchott (Mauritania)

Noumea Noumea (New Caledonia)



O

Oakland Oakland (USA)

Odessa Odessa (Ukraine)

Oran [Ouakran, Oran (Algeria)

Osaka (Japan)

Oslo Oslo (Norway)

Oulu Oulu (Finland)



World Sea Ports/World shipping port table-P

Palembang Palembang (Indonesia)

Panama City Panama City (Panama)

Papeete Papeete (Polynesia)

Paramaribo Paramaribo (Suriname)

Penang Penang (Malaysia)

Philadelphia Philadelphia (USA)

Piraeus Piraeus (Greece)

The Plaia Praia (Cape Verde)

Ploce Ploce (Yugoslavia)

Plymouth Plevna Plymouth (UK)

The Pointe Noire Pointe Noire (Congo)

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince (Haiti)

Port Elizabeth Elizabeth Harbour (South Africa)

Port Gentil Port-Gentil (Gabon)

Port Harcourt Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

The Port Headland Port Hedland (Australia)

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Of Puerto Cortes, Cortes Hong Kong (Honduras)

Punta Arenas Punta Arenas (Chile)

Puntarenas Puntarenas (Costa Rica)

Pusan ​​Busan (South Korea)



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Qingdao Qingdao (China)

Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao (China)

Quebec, Quebec (Canada)

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Rabat Rabat (Morocco)

Rangoon Yangon (Myanmar)

Recife tired West Africa (Brazil)

Reykjavik Reykjavik (Iceland)

Riga Riga (Latvia)

Rijeka Rijeka (Yugoslavia)

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Rostock Rostock (Germany)

Rotterdam Rotterdam (Netherlands)



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Safaga Safaga Port (Egypt)

Safi the Bodhisattva fee (Morocco)

Saigon Saigon (Vietnam)

Salonica Salonica (Greece)

Salvador El Salvador (Brazil)

San Diego St. down Ge (USA)

San Francisco (USA)

San Juan San Juan (Puerto Rico, Peru)

Sandakan Sandakan (Malaysia)

Santiago Santiago (Cuba)

Santo Dominga Santo Domingo (Dominican)

Drag Santos Sang, Adams (Brazil)

Savanah Savannah (USA)

Seattle Seattle (USA)

The Semarang Sambo Gong (India)

Setubel Setubal (Portugal)

Sfax Sfax (Tunisia)

Shanghai Shanghai (China)

Shantou Shantou (China)

Shekou Shekou (China)

Shenzhen Shenzhen (China)

Singapore (Singapore)

Songkhla Songkhla (Thailand)

Southampton Southampton London (United Kingdom)

Split Split (Yugoslavia)

St.Johns St. John's (Canada)

Stockholm (Sweden)

Suez Suez (Egypt)

Surabaja Surabaya (Indonesia)

Suva Suva (Fiji)

Sydney (Australia)

Szczecin Szczecin (Poland)



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Taibei Taipei (China)

Tallin Tallinn (Estonia)

Tamatave [Toamasina, Tamatave (Madagascar)

Tampa Tampa (USA)

Tampico Tampico (Mexico)

Tandjung Priok the Tanjong not busy (Indonesia)

Tanga Tange (Tanzania)

Tangier Tangier (Morocco)

Taranto Taranto (Italy)

Tatus Tartus (Syria)

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (Israel)

Tema Tema (Ghana)

Tianjin, Tianjin (China)

Toamasina Toamasina (Madagascar)

Tokyo Tokyo (Japan)

Toleary Tulaiyaer

Toronto (Canada)

Toulon Toulon Harbor (France)

Trieste Trieste (Italy)

Trineomalee Ting Ke Mali (Sri Lanka)

Tripoli Tripoli (Lebanon, Libya)

Tunis Tunis (Tunisia)

Turku, Turku (Finland)



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Vaasa Vaasa (Finland)

Valletta Valletta (Malta)

The Valona Fa Luola (Albania)

Valparaiso Valparaiso (Chile)

Vancouver Vancouver (Canada)

Verna Varna (Bulgaria)

Venice Venice (Italy)

Veracruz in Veracruz (Mexico)

Victoria Victoria (Seychelles, Canada)

vila Port Vila (Vanuatu)

Vladivostok Vladivostok (Russia)



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Valvis Bay, Walvis Bay (Namibia)

Wellington Wellington (New Zealand)

Wenzhou in Wenzhou (China)

Wismar Wismar (Germany)

Wonsan Wonsan (North Korea)



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Xiamen [Amoy, Xiamen (China)



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Yantai Yantai (China)

Yokohama Yokohama (Japan)



Z

Zanzibar Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Zhanjiang Zhanjiang (China)

Zhuhai (China)

International Multimodal Transport

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International Multimodal Transport-What is the international multimodal transport?

International multimodal transport is a location to another and the territory under the multimodal transport contract, at least two different modes of transport, multimodal transport operator, the goods from the territory of a country to take over the goods to specify the location of delivery of the goodsmodes of transport.

Multimodal transport operator (the Combined Transport Operator-CTO), refers to any person of his own or through their representatives, the multimodal transport contract. He bears the responsibility for the performance of the multimodal transport contract.


The difference between the international multimodal transport and international transport of goods:
Very few international multimodal transport by an operator to assume all transportation. Often told the commission of the shippers, intermodal operators to handle part of the carriage work, while the rest of the transport work commissioned other carrier. But this is different from the single mode of transport for those receiving the multimodal transport operator shall be responsible to transfer the care of the carrier, only in accordance with the contract of carriage, the relationship between the CTO is responsible for any business relationship with shippers. Therefore, the multimodal transport operator is the actual carrier, but "NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Carrier, referred to as the NVOC). International multimodal transport general international transport of goods at different points in the following areas:
(1) the content and production methods of shipping documents.
International multimodal transport for most of the "door to door" transport of goods shipment or loading or installed by the actual carrier issuing the bill of lading or waybill issued by the multimodal transport operator, the multimodal transport bill of lading, which is multi-modal intermodal with a single international shipping method is fundamentally different. In this case, the bill of lading or waybill shipper should be multimodal transport operator, consignee and notify party should normally be foreign affiliates of the multimodal transport operator or its agent; multimodal transport bill of lading the consignee and the consignor is a real, actual shipper and consignee, notify party is the port of destination or the final delivery location of the consignee or the agent of the consignee.
Unless otherwise specified port of loading on the multimodal transport bill of lading, port of discharge, but also sets out the receipt, the name of the place of delivery or final destination, as well as the name of the first leg of means of transport, cruises or trips, etc.
(2) the applicability of the multimodal transport bill of lading, and the transferability of general maritime bills of lading.
Only the general maritime bills of lading for sea, from this sense, the multimodal transport bill of lading only applies when combined in the maritime and other modes of transportation, but now it also applies to the outside of the shipping of two or more different modes of transport continuity of cross-border transport (foreign international multimodal transport document "can avoid conceptual confusion).
Multimodal transport bill of lading to the non-negotiable waybill transferability of the ocean bill of lading and other transport mode one, the multimodal transport operator, the issue of transfer may also be issued non-transferable, according to the requirements of the shipper can intermodal bill of lading. In the former case, the consignee column should be used to order; the latter case, the consignee column should specify the name of the consignee, and non-negotiable bill of lading.
(3) the terms of the letter of credit.
Under the terms of the multimodal transportation needs, the letter of credit shall have the following three-point changes:
(1) to the bank for negotiation can not be used to clean on board bill of lading issued by shipping companies and multimodal transport bill of lading should be issued by the multimodal transport operator, and should also indicate the bill of lading the rise of production, in order to clear the possibility of transfer.
The ② multimodal transport container transport in general (except in exceptional circumstances, such as machinery and equipment shipped overseas project contracting is not necessarily used containers), and therefore should increase in the credit designated by the terms of the container transport.
③ such as banks help turn single, changed directly by the shipper or consignor or multimodal transport operator to send the single to the consignee or agent as soon as possible to obtain the shipping documents, to speed up the delivery of the goods in the port of destination (land), should add in the credit and shipping documents directly by the consignor or by the multimodal transport operator to send the terms of the consignee or his agent ". By the multimodal transport operator to send a single shipper out of the need for negotiation of settlement by the multimodal transport operator, issue a receipt of shipping documents have been sent "to prove.
(4) the procedures of customs clearance.
Most of the place of delivery of general international transport of goods at the loading port, destination mostly in the port of discharge, and thus handle the formalities of customs declaration and clearance goods enter or leave the port. Departure of international multimodal transport of goods, mostly in the inland cities, inland customs of goods for transit control procedures, examined and released by the Customs of exit. The final destination of the imported goods such as the inland cities, the Customs General of the entry port inspection and regulatory procedures for transit until the goods arrive at the final destination by the local customs inspection release.


International multimodal transport characteristics:
1, the international multimodal transport under the multimodal transport contract. International multimodal transport contract is entered into by the multimodal transport operator and the consignor and the multimodal transport conditions of the contract of carriage. The contract is proof of the multimodal transport document issued by the multimodal transport operator, compensation, contract and do not contract.
International multimodal transport of goods containerized cargo or containerized goods. General as the basic unit of transport container during transport. Containerized cargo to promote the development of international multimodal transport, modern container transport since they arise from the multimodal transport closely linked to international multimodal transport has a high efficiency of container transport, high-quality, high technology, high input and systemic characteristics.
(3) at least two or more different modes of transport, international transport of goods in international multimodal transport the entire transport.
4, the international multimodal transport is one vote in the end, the implementation of the full single rate of transport. Consignor only apply for one consignment, time dollars to pay the freight, an insurance can be achieved by a transport document, the whole coherent transport the shipment to destination. Therefore, it has the characteristics of the simplification and harmonization.
5, the international multimodal transport is the umbrella organization of the different modes of transport. During transport, whether it involves divided into how many sections to the kinds of modes of transport, international multimodal transport is completed by the multimodal transport operator or organizations, international multimodal transport operator responsible for the entire transport. From the place of departure to take over the goods, delivered at the final destination of goods and the entire transport of each section the convergence of work and related services business, a branch or agent in different countries or regions by the international multimodal transport operator.
6, the international multimodal transport operator by the choice of goods transportation routes, modes of transport, the transport section of the divided and each section of the actual carrier selection to reduce transportation costs, and improve the speed of transportation, to achieve the purpose of reasonable transportation.


International multimodal transport should have the condition:
International multimodal transport shall meet the following conditions:
(1) The multimodal transport operator and the shipper must be signed between the multimodal transport contract, clearly bearing the care of the rights, obligations and immunities relationship. Multimodal transport contract is the fundamental basis for determining the multimodal transport nature, but also the difference between the main basis of the multimodal transport and general intermodal.
(2) must use the full multimodal transport document (MultimodalTransportDocuments, M.T.D · China is now used C.T.B / L). If the document is both a document of title, but also securities.
(3) must be a full single tariff. This tariff is a charge, including transportation costs (the sum of the transport fees), management fees and a reasonable profit.
(4) overall responsibility must be a multimodal transport operator for the entire transport. He is a multimodal transport contract was signed with the shipper party, but also issue a multimodal transport document or a multimodal transport bill of lading, he assumed the acceptance of the goods until delivery of the goods during the entire transport responsibility.
(5) must be coherent transport of two or more different modes of transport. Transport such as sea / sea, iron / iron, and air / air transport, for two-way, but still belongs to multimodal transport, which is an important difference in the intermodal and multimodal transport. At the same time, in a single mode of transport for short-distance car shuttle does not belong to the multimodal transport.
(6) must be the international transport of goods across borders. This is the difference between domestic transport and international transport restrictions.



International multimodal transport program:
, To accept the consignment applications for multimodal transport contract
Multimodal transport operator checked the application and transport routes proposed by the shippers, the judgment whether or not to accept applications for the consignment, the consignor or his agent reached under the two sides the transfer of goods, time, location, payment method, etc. agreement and fill in the receipt of the station, and sent to the multimodal transport operator are numbered, multimodal transport operator, the number left after the consignment of goods linked to the other joint returned to the consignor or his agent.
2, the issuance of empty containers, extraction and transportation
Container used in intermodal transport is generally provided by the multimodal transport operator, the source of these containers, there are three possible situations: one is the multimodal transport operator to the purchase of container used, the rental company to borrow box container, three the entire transport in a partial shipments, mutual agreement by the consignor own packing, the multimodal transport operator shall issue a the suitcase bill or leasing companies or Waybill issued by the suitcase handed to the consignor or its agent, by the specified date to the specified depot for their own empty container hauling to the packing of goods location, ready to load.
3, the export declaration
If the multimodal transport from the port, just in the port declaration; from inland areas, it should be in the nearby inland customs offices for customs export declaration matters are generally handled by the consignor or his agent can also be commissioned by the multimodal transport operator people to handle the customs station receipts, packing lists, export licenses and other relevant documents and files should be provided.
4, the packing of goods and acceptance of goods
If the consignor own packing, consignor or his agent to extract the empty phase in their own factories and warehouses organizations packing, packing work generally after the declaration of Customs staff to supervise the installation of the stuffing location and handling of sealed matters For the tally, should be invited to the the tallymen site tally with co-production of packing list.
For self-packing of the FCL by the owner, the consignor shall be responsible for the goods to the place stipulated by the agreement, the multimodal transport operator or his representative at the designated locations to receive the goods, if the LCL, from multi-modal CTO in the specified freight station to receive the goods after acceptance of goods, on behalf of the multimodal transport operator to receive the goods should be present at the station on the original receipt signature and deliver to the consignor or his agent.
5, booking and arrangements for the transportation of goods
After the conclusion of the contract, the multimodal transport operator shall immediately formulate the contract involved in containerized cargo transport plan, the plan should include cargo transportation routes, the division of the section, each section of the actual carrier selection and to determine the interval of convergence location arrival, departure time.
Here referred to booking refers to the multimodal transport operator to be arranged in accordance with the transportation plan consistent set of each section means of transport, and selected the actual partial shipments contract carrier to enter into each section of these contracts entered into by the multi-modal CTO himself or commissioned agents to deal with the actual carrier of the previous section may also be requested as the back section of the actual carrier booking.
Cargo transport plan arrangements must be scientific and leeway, should contact each other work, adjusted according to actual situation and plan to avoid each other out of touch.
6, the insurance
Consignor should insure the cargo insurance, the insurance is handled by the consignor, or the costs borne by the consignor and by the multimodal transport operator to handle the cargo insurance to the full insured, can also be sub- segment insurance, cargo liability insurance and container insurance in the multimodal transport operator, should be insured, by the multimodal transport operator or their agents to insurance companies or other forms of handling.
7, the issue of multimodal transport bill of lading, the organization completed the entire transportation of goods
Representatives of the multimodal transport operator to receive the goods, multimodal transport operator, the consignor should be the issue of multimodal transport bill of lading before the bill of lading to the consignor should be noted that according to agreed payment method and content, the number of payment of all fees payable to the consignor.
Multimodal transport operator has the responsibility and obligation to complete and organizations to complete the entire transport, organization of each section after the cargo has been accepted, the actual carrier, the dispatched institutions and representatives of the coordination to complete the transport of each section of each section in full interface between work and do a variety of services and transport documents, documents and information about the organization and coordination involved in the transport process.
Customs business in the transport process
The entire transport of the convention, the international multimodal transport shall be deemed to international transport of goods, so the links work, including customs clearance of cargo and container importing countries, imports of domestic land segment bonded transport procedures and customs clearance, etc., if the land transport by other national customs and inland transport routes should also include the procedures of customs clearance and bonded transportation.
If the goods in the purpose of the port of delivery, customs clearance in the port of the local Customs, if including land delivery, the bonded transportation procedures should be handled in the port to inland destinations before customs sealed, and then handled in the inland customs clearance formalities.
9, the goods pay
When the cargo to the destination by the destination agent to notify the consignee delivery, the consignee is regulated by the multimodal transport delivery, the multimodal transport operator or his agent basis having the contract, to charge the full cost payable by the consignee, to recover the issuance of the bill of lading bill of lading, delivery bill of lading to the designated yard and pick up the goods.
If FCL delivery, the consignee to be responsible for the transport of dig box location, and took out the goods after the containers shipped back to the specified yard, at this time, transportation, contract termination.
10 Freight Transport Accident
If the entire transport cargo loss, damage and delay in transit, regardless of whether they can determine the section of the damage occurred, hair (close) the goods may apply to the multimodal transport operator to claim the multimodal transport operator, in accordance with the bill of lading terms and both sides agreement to establish responsibilities and compensation, such as to determine the accident sections and those responsible for its further claims if they can not determine the accident section, generally occur in the maritime segment, if you have cargo and liability insurance exists to require the insurance company paid and further recourse to the insurance company, if the damage and the responsible person can not reach agreement, you will need to resolve the litigation and arbitration within the limitation of actions.