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MISSION STATEMENT

  Our business goal is to be recognised as an excellent logistics service provider, serving our clients with reliability, integrity and expertise. Our team is all seasoned professionals with many years experience in various fields of international forwarding and logistics and we deliver quality services through:

   - UNDERSTANDING customer requirements
   - KNOWING the market
   - PROVISION of personalized services
   - TAKING CARE of the unexpected

  Our Mission Statement is that "Celtic Forwarding Limited acknowledges that the customer is the most important person in any business. Consequently we are committed to providing the highest standard of reliability and service in the most cost effective manner".

Conversion Table
Metric Measures and Equivalents

Length

1 millimetre (mm)

 

= 0.0394 in

1 Centimetre (cm)

= 10 mm

= 0.3937 in

1 metre (m)

= 100 cm

 = 1.0936 yd

1 kilometre (km)

 = 1000 m

    = 0.6214 mile

Area

1 sq.cm(cm2)

= 100mm2 

= 0.1550in2

1 sq metre(m2)

   = 10,000cm2

 = 1.1960yd2

1 hectare(ha)

  = 10,000m2

    = 2.4711acres

1 sq.km(km2)

= 100ha    

     = 0.3861 mile2

Volume/Capacity

1 cu cm(cm3)

 

= 0.0610in3

1 cu decimetre (dm3)

= 1000cm3

= 0.0353ft3

1 cu metre(m3)

= 1000dm3

 = 1.3080yd3

1 litre (l)

= 1dm3      

 = 0.2200 gal

1 hectolitre(hl)

= 100l        

= 21.997gal

Mass (Weight)

1 milligram (mg)

 

= 0.0154 grain 

1 gram (g)

= 1000 mg

= 0.0353 oz     

1 kilogram (kg)

 = 1000 g   

= 2.2046 lb      

1 tonne (t)

= 1000 kg 

= 0.9842 ton    

British Measures and Equivalents


Length

1 inch (in)

 

= 2.54 cm  

1 foot (ft)

= 12 in       

= 0.3048 m

1 yard (yd)

= 3 ft          

= 0.9144 m

1 mile

= 1760 yd   

 = 1.6093 km

1 int nautical mile

= 2025.4 yd

= 1.852 km 

Area

1 sq inch(in2)

 

= 6.4516cm2

1 sq yd (yd2)

= 9 ft2       

= 0.8361 m2 

1 acre

= 4840 yd2

= 4046.9 m2 

1 sq.mile (mile2)

= 640 acres

= 2.59 km2   

Volume/Capacity

1 cu inch (in3)

 

= 16.387cm3

1 cu foot (ft3)

= 1728 in3 

= 0.0283m3  

1 fluid ounce (fl oz)

= 1000dm3

= 28.413ml   

1 pint (pt)

= 20 fl oz   

= 0.5683 l     

1 gallon (gal)

= 8 pt       

= 4.5461 l     

Mass (Weight)

1 ounce (oz)

    = 437.5 grains

= 28.35 g     

1 pound (lb)

= 16 oz        

= 0.4536 kg  

1 hundredweight (cwt)

= 112 lb       

= 50.802 kg  

1 ton

= 20 cwt      

= 1.011 t      

Temperature Conversion °C/°F


IMCO SEGRIGATION TABLE

Class

 

1.1

1.2

1.5

 

1.3

1.6

1.4

2.1

2.2

2.3

3

4.1

4.2

4.3

5.1

5.2

6.1

6.2

7

8

9

Explosives

1.1

1.2

1.5

*

*

*

4

2

2

4

4

4

4

4

4

2

4

2

4

x

Explosives

1.3

1.6

*

*

*

4

2

2

4

3

3

4

4

4

2

4

2

2

x

Explosives

1.4

*

*

*

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

x

4

2

2

x

Flammable Gas

2.1

4

4

2

x

x

x

2

1

2

x

2

2

x

4

2

1

x

Non Toxic, Non Flammable Gases

2.2

2

2

1

x

x

x

1

x

1

x

x

1

x

2

1

x

x

Toxic Gases

2.3

2

2

1

x

x

x

2

x

2

x

x

2

x

2

1

x

x

Flammable Liquids

3

4

4

2

2

1

2

x

x

2

1

2

2

x

3

2

x

x

Flammable Solids

4.1

4

3

2

1

x

x

x

x

1

x

1

2

x

3

2

1

x

Spontaneous Combustion Substances

4.2

4

3

2

2

1

2

2

1

x

1

2

2

1

3

2

1

x

Substances Dangerous When Wet

4.3

4

4

2

x

x

x

1

x

1

x

2

2

x

2

2

1

x

Oxidizing Substances

5.1

4

4

2

2

x

x

2

1

2

2

x

2

1

3

1

2

x

Organic Peroxides

5.2

4

4

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

x

1

3

2

2

x

Toxic Substances

6.1

2

2

x

x

x

x

x

x

1

x

1

1

x

1

x

x

x

Infectious Substances

6.2

4

4

4

4

2

2

3

3

3

2

3

3

1

x

3

3

x

Radioactive Materials

7

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

1

2

x

3

x

2

x

Corrosives

8

4

2

2

1

x

x

x

1

1

1

2

2

x

3

2

x

x

Misc. Dangerous Substances

9

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Numbers and symbols relate to the following terms as defined in this section

1 - "Away from"

2 - "Separated from"

3 - "Separated by a complete compartment or hold from"

4 - "Separated longitudinally by an intervening complete compartment or hold from"

5 - The segregation, if any, is shown in the individual schedules

6 - See subsection 6.2 of the introduction to class 1 for segregation within class 1

Container Terminology

CONTAINER

A special steel box used for the transportation of cargoes.

TEU / FEU

Twenty equivalent Unit / Forty Equivalent Unit

STUFFING / VANNING

The process of stowing cargo within a container

STRIPPING / DE-VANNING

The process of removing cargo from a container

CFS

Container Freight Station

CY

Container Yard

ICD

Inland Container Depot

NVOCC

Non Vessel Owning Common/Container Carrier.

MTO

Multimodal Transport Operator

IMDG / IMCO

International Maritime Dangerous Goods Council.

DG

Dangerous Goods (Hazardous Cargo).

HAZMAT

Hazardous Materials

ISO

International Organisation for Standardisation

OCEAN FREIGHT

The consideration for the carriage of cargoes by sea.

THC

Terminal Handling Charges

BAF

Bunker Adjustment Factor.

IHC

Inland Haulage Charges

ICC

International Chamber of Commerce

INCOTERMS

International Commercial Terms, as specified by the I.C.C.

FAK

Freight All Kinds

CIF

Cost Insurance and Freight (Incoterms)

C&F or CFR

Cost and Freight (Incoterms)

FOB

Free on Board (Incoterms )

B/L

Bill of Lading (Receipt for Shipment & Title of goods)

SHIPPER

The seller who holds the title of the goods being shipped.

CONSIGNEE

The buyer to whom the goods have to be delivered against surrender of a duly accomplished "bill of lading".

NOTIFY PARTY

The party who has to be notified once the cargo arrives at the destination.

SHIPPING MARKS

Identification marks normally affixed on each unit of cargo.

ODO

One Door Open (On Deck Cargo )

D/C

Dry Container (Standard ISO Container)

O/T

Open Top Container

F/R

Flat Rack Container.

REEFER

Container equipped with refrigeration machinery.

HIGH CUBE

A container which is 9.6 feet in height.

HDC

Heavy Duty Container (A container which has an average payload of 30 tons.)

DUNNAGE

Material used to prevent shifting of cargo within a container.

LASHING

The process of securing the cargo within a container with ropes/wires.

BULLET SEAL

As tiny "steel locking device" use to lock the container doors

T.T.CLUB

Through Transport Club - London (Insurance Club)

 
 
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