The famous Orolay coat is made at the company’s factory in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, a northern province in China.
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The coat is inspected, packaged, and labeled at the factory.
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The packaged coat is loaded onto a pallet that will be put into a shipping container. Some Amazon products ship in Amazon-branded shipping containers, but the company can also buy space on a shipping container through a freight forwarder.
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The goods leave the factory via truck, rail, or barge.
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The shipping container is dropped off at the port and eventually loaded onto a cargo ship by longshoremen.
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A crane operator picks up the container from hundreds of feet above and loads it into its designated spot on the ship.
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Once the ship is fully loaded, it sets off. During its journey, the ship could stop at multiple ports along the way or go directly to major destinations like the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
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It can take up to 20 days for a ship to travel from major ports in China to Southern California. Meanwhile, its crew see to the everyday needs of the ship, keeping watch and maintaining the ship’s equipment.
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There are thousands of pods inside Amazon warehouses, each holding dozens of items. Your coat remains stored in a pod until it is ordered online.
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