Quality & Compliance

Sorting to ISRI grade

All non-ferrous and ferrous material is sorted at the Rotterdam yard to the applicable ISRI grade (Barley, Berry, Birch/Cliff, Druid, Taldon, Talon, Tense, Twitch, Zorba, Zurik, Honey, HMS 1&2, Shredded 211, and others). Prompt-industrial arisings are kept separate from post-consumer streams to guarantee chemistry.

XRF handheld analysers are used at receipt and again at loading for copper, brass and stainless grades. Aluminium wheels and UBC bales are density-checked and moisture-verified before container assignment.

Third-party inspection

Buyers may nominate SGS, Bureau Veritas, Intertek or CCIC for pre-shipment inspection at Rotterdam. Inspection typically covers weight verification, container-by-container photo evidence, XRF chemistry, moisture, and packing/sealing witness. The inspection certificate is included in the document set delivered to the buyer's bank.

Loading and documentation

Every container is loaded under a written loading plan (loose, bulk-bag, palletised or baled) matching the grade, and photographed inside and out prior to sealing. A container-level packing list, weight ticket, seal number log and photo pack is prepared for each shipment.

• Commercial invoice and packing list matched to the LC / TT terms
• Bill of Lading (B/L) issued by the nominated shipping line
• Certificate of Origin (EUR.1 where preferential) and, when required, EX-1 export declaration
• SGS / BV / Intertek / CCIC inspection certificate on request
• Annex VII (EU 1013/2006 waste-shipment) documentation for regulated streams
• Bank documents released against 30% TT + 70% LC at sight or as otherwise agreed

EU waste-shipment compliance

Cargo moves under EU Regulation 1013/2006 on shipments of waste, using Annex VII documentation for green-listed metal scrap streams (aluminium, copper, brass, stainless, ferrous). Destination-country notification requirements are respected on a shipment-by-shipment basis. We do not export streams that fall outside the green-listed regime without the necessary prior-informed-consent notifications.

Company registration and identifiers

Registered company: Nautica Metal Scrap B.V.. KVK: 67319696. SAFE number: NL04378276. Address: Haltestraat 18, 2042 LM, Zandvoort, Netherlands. Founded 2016.

We are not a certifying body and this page does not claim third-party certifications on our behalf. Where a specific accreditation is required by the buyer, we can arrange the inspection through the buyer's nominated agency at cost.

Ask us for the documentation you need

Buyers who require a specific document format, a specific inspection agency, or a specific loading protocol should raise the request at RFQ stage so we can price it into the offer. Email sales@nauticametalscrap.com.