Once a contract is signed, the tonnage is allocated from confirmed European supplier stock and trucked to our Rotterdam yard for consolidation, radiation screening, weighbridge control and XRF testing before staging for container loading.
Rotterdam Loading
SGS Inspection
MOQ 1× 20GP
CIF / FOB Global
Nautica sources exclusively from licensed European operators: automotive and white-goods shredders in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium; extrusion fabricators in Germany and Italy; wire-strip and cable recovery yards in Belgium and France; and demolition contractors in the wider Benelux. Every supplier is on our approved-vendor list with EU waste-handling licences on file. We do not buy from unlicensed informal operators.
Consolidation happens at our Rotterdam yard within the port area. Trucks arrive by appointment, pass through the fixed portal radiation monitor, cross the calibrated 60-tonne weighbridge, and unload into grade-segregated bays. Loose grades are pre-sorted; bales are stacked; densified UBC pucks are palletised. Each bay has a physical lot number that follows the material through XRF testing to container stuffing.
Every inbound truck is: (1) radiation-scanned at the gate portal — any positive alarm quarantines the load and returns it to the supplier at their cost; (2) weighed loaded and empty for net delivery; (3) sampled at the tipping point (30 kg composite per truck for non-ferrous grades) and XRF-tested for aluminum/copper/zinc/iron chemistry. Rejected lots are turned around within 24 hours.
Every accepted lot receives a unique lot number, a photograph set (truck, tipping, sample, XRF result), and a supplier reference on file. When a container is stuffed, the packing list records which lots contributed — giving full downstream traceability if a buyer or destination inspector queries origin.
Primary loading from Rotterdam. Weekly container sailings to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.
Container loading at Rotterdam follows the procedures in our European scrap export guide and the inspection regime in our scrap metal inspection guide. Destination-specific compliance is covered in our pages for scrap metal supplier for India, scrap metal supplier for Turkey, scrap metal supplier for South Korea, scrap metal supplier for Pakistan, scrap metal supplier for Vietnam and scrap metal supplier for the UAE.
Buyers also reference our scrap metal exporter in the Netherlands hub, our published export documentation workflow, container loading process, third-party inspection services and quality control procedures pages, and the dedicated export procedure FAQ and shipping & logistics FAQ FAQs before booking vessels.
Flagship cargo flows include our European copper scrap supplier, our UBC scrap supplier in the Netherlands and our HMS scrap exporter, all priced through the LME pricing center.
Emerging destinations for our Rotterdam cargo include the scrap metal supplier for Malaysia, scrap metal supplier for Saudi Arabia, scrap metal supplier for Morocco, scrap metal supplier for Egypt and scrap metal supplier for South Africa desks, each with dedicated port-transit, LC and pre-shipment inspection notes.
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