Nautica Metal Scrap B.V. is an aluminium wheel scrap supplier shipping ISRI 'Troma' end-of-life automotive wheels from Rotterdam to wheel-back-to-wheel recyclers, secondary smelters and master-alloy producers worldwide. Material is sourced from European licensed end-of-life vehicle dismantlers, magnesium-low, and packed for direct furnace charging.
Rotterdam Loading
SGS Inspection
MOQ 1× 20GP
CIF / FOB Global
Aluminium wheel scrap — trade name Troma — is end-of-life automotive alloy wheels stripped of steel valves, tyre rubber, balance weights and steel inserts. The base alloy is typically A356.2 (7% Si, 0.35% Mg) cast aluminium, ideal for secondary smelters producing new wheel ingot or master-alloys. Recoverable metallic yield runs at 96–98% from clean Troma lots.
ISRI 'Troma' is defined as: 'Clean aluminium wheels, free of attachments and other foreign material such as tire weights, valves, sleeves, plastic, lead, iron, etc.' Our contracts add a written tolerance clause: maximum 0.5% iron attachment, maximum 0.1% magnesium balance weight, maximum 0.5% tyre rubber residue. Wheels failing these tolerances are returned to the dismantler or downgraded to Tense/Taint mixed.
Every wheel pallet is hand-checked for steel valve stems, lead balance weights, plastic centre caps and tyre rubber. Steel valves are magnet-removed, lead weights manually pulled, plastic caps discarded. Random wheels are spark-tested or XRF-scanned to confirm A356 base alloy and rule out steel-laminated cast wheels. Pre-shipment inspection by SGS, BV or CCIC is available at buyer's option and witnessed at container stuffing.
Default: loose stacked in lined 20GP containers, 22–24 MT per box. Palletised loading on Euro pallets (~1 MT per pallet, 22 pallets per 20GP) is offered for buyers with forklift discharge constraints. Containers are photographed before sealing and weight-verified at the terminal; seal numbers print on the packing list.
Each Troma shipment includes commercial invoice, packing list with wheel count and average weight, B/L, EUR.1 origin certificate, EU Annex VII waste shipment document for non-OECD destinations, XRF analysis report and inspection certificate. Buyers in India receive BIS-format docs; Turkish and Korean buyers receive market-specific paperwork.
Troma is priced as a discount to LME 3-month aluminium settlement on contract date. Typical Troma discount: $300–$500/MT depending on cleanliness, magnesium content and destination freight. Wheel-back-to-wheel recyclers pay the tightest premium because A356 chemistry feeds directly into their new-wheel alloy without dilution.
Primary buyers: Indian wheel manufacturers (Nhava Sheva, Mundra — 18–22 days from Rotterdam), Korean wheel mills (Busan — 30–35 days), Turkish secondary smelters (Mersin — 12–14 days), UAE re-export distributors (Jebel Ali — 16–20 days). Weekly direct sailings from Rotterdam on Maersk, MSC and CMA-CGM.
Our Troma stream comes from licensed end-of-life vehicle (ELV) dismantlers across the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France. Under EU ELV Directive 2000/53/EC dismantlers must depollute and segregate aluminium before shredding — this gives us clean wheel lots before they enter the broader Zorba stream. Provenance documentation is available on request for buyers needing supply-chain audit.
RFQ → written CIF/FOB offer within 24h → signed contract → 30% TT advance → loading + inspection in 7–14 days → 70% LC at sight against scanned B/L → originals released. New buyers receive XRF reports and a yard video before the first container ships.
If independent discharge-port inspection finds steel/iron contamination above the 0.5% contract tolerance, Nautica credits the difference at the contract discount per the standard quality clause. This contractual backing is why our Troma repeat-buyer rate is among the highest in our portfolio.
ELV alloy wheels, magnet-cleaned, loose in 20GP
1 MT Euro pallets for forklift discharge
Pre-cut for buyers with charging restrictions
Primary loading from Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg. Weekly container sailings to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.
Secondary smelters working with our UBC scrap supplier in the Netherlands commonly load alongside our aluminium wheel scrap supplier and reference the aluminium scrap price index when fixing monthly tonnage. Billet casters compare yield economics across our 6063 aluminium extrusion scrap and Taint/Tabor aluminium scrap using the methodology in our aluminium scrap grades explained.
For ISRI classification and shipping documentation, buyers cross-check the ISRI scrap grades guide and the European scrap export guide prior to issuing the import LC. Asia-Pacific importers route enquiries through our aluminum scrap supplier in Asia, while extrusion mills work with our 6063 aluminum scrap supplier desk and beverage-can recyclers contract directly with our UBC scrap supplier.
Shredded and radiator-derived feedstock buyers should also review our aluminum Twitch scrap, aluminum Talon scrap and aluminum Tense radiator scrap pages, which cover ISRI Twitch/Talon/Tense chemistry, radiator-tube separation and typical Al recovery yields.
Send your quantity, destination port and Incoterm. We reply with a CIF/FOB offer, full specification sheet and export documentation list.
Contact our sales team for competitive pricing, bulk orders, and customized solutions.MOQ: 25 MT | Monthly Capacity: 20,000 MT