Logistics
We do not run a fixed lane into one European port and ask you to collect from there. Carrier and routing are negotiated per shipment, against your port and the rates on the day.
Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp and others are all routine. If you already have a preferred port and a broker there, that is an advantage on your side we would rather use than override.
How a shipment runs
01
You send a specification sheet and a target tonnage. We come back inside two business days with a price, a current spec extract, and a proposed routing to your destination port.
02
The advance covers carrier booking, insurance and origin handling. It is the point at which the container is committed to you and the four-week clock starts.
03
Material is filled, palletised and stuffed at origin. Documentation is prepared against your destination's import requirements, not a generic set.
04
Carrier and routing are negotiated per shipment against current rates and schedules, then confirmed to you with the bill of lading.
05
You receive the container and inspect it. Only then does the remaining 70 % of the invoice fall due. If the material is off specification, it is our problem, not yours.
Payment
Commodity trade normally asks a new buyer for a letter of credit or full payment up front. We ask for 30 % on confirmation and the remaining 70 % once the container has reached you and you have inspected what is inside.
That is a real concession and we make it deliberately. The alternative is asking a procurement team to wire six figures to a Berlin company they have not traded with, on the strength of a spec sheet.
30 %
On order confirmation
Commits the container. Covers carrier booking, insurance and origin handling.
70 %
After destination-port inspection
Falls due once you have the goods and have satisfied yourself that they match the specification.
Incoterms 2020
The difference is not price, it is who runs the destination leg and where risk transfers. Both are quoted on request; pick whichever matches how your import operation already works.
Cost, Insurance and Freight
to named port of destination
We cover
You cover
Risk passes when the goods are loaded on board at origin, even though we carry the freight and insurance cost. Standard for buyers who already have a customs broker and inland haulage.
Delivered at Place
to named address you specify
We cover
You cover
Risk stays with us until the container is at your named place, ready for unloading. The simpler option if you would rather not run the import leg yourself.
Documentation
Issued with every shipment
On request
Tell us your destination and industry with the enquiry — import requirements differ, and the document set is built against yours rather than a template.
Multi-container orders, recurring quarterly schedules and non-standard routing are structured case by case. Bring the annual tonnage and the delivery rhythm you need and we will quote against it.