Standard payment terms are 30% TT advance on signed contract plus 70% TT or L/C at sight against scanned bill of lading. Alternative structures — 100% LC at sight, D/P, D/A for established buyers — are available. This page walks through each option and the documentation release process.
Rotterdam Loading
SGS Inspection
MOQ 1× 20GP
CIF / FOB Global
Our default structure: 30% TT advance is wired within 5 working days of contract signing and unlocks material allocation. 70% balance is wired against scanned bill of lading and full documentation pack within 3 working days of B/L date. Original documents are couriered on receipt of the 70% wire or handed over at destination through the buyer's bank per the contract terms.
Approved buyers with a first-class opening bank (typically a top-100 Bankers Almanac bank) may agree 100% LC at sight against copy documents. The L/C is opened after contract signing and confirmed by our Rotterdam bank; documents are presented and the L/C is drawn within 5 banking days of presentation.
Documents against Payment (D/P) and Documents against Acceptance (D/A) are available for buyers with 12+ months of on-time payment history and a satisfactory bank reference update within the last 6 months. D/A structures are limited to 30 days and typically carry a small price premium reflecting the credit period cost.
CIF shipments end at the discharge port ship's rail; import customs clearance and inland delivery are the buyer's responsibility. Nautica provides all documentation required for smooth import clearance including HS code, chemistry summary, packing list, container-interior photos and the destination-country pre-shipment inspection certificate. Final acceptance is on cargo landed and cleared — no formal buyer sign-off is required beyond the L/C or TT payment against documents.
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