Quality control at Nautica Metal Scrap B.V. is a six-stage workflow applied to every container leaving our Rotterdam yard. The objective is single and explicit: a Millberry container ships as Millberry, a 6063 container ships as 6063, and a 304 container ships as 304 — every time, on every contract, for every buyer.
Rotterdam Loading
SGS Inspection
MOQ 1× 20GP
CIF / FOB Global
Every inbound truck is weighed on a calibrated 60-tonne weighbridge, photographed and visually graded against ISRI master samples by the yard supervisor. Lots that fail visual grade are tagged and routed to the re-sort bay; they are not paid for at the supplier rate until re-graded. Moisture, contamination and unauthorised attachments are flagged at this stage to prevent yard-level grade drift.
Material is re-sorted by alloy family — copper, aluminum, brass, stainless — and within each family by ISRI grade. Grade-specific bays prevent cross-contamination during storage. Painted, anodised, coated or tinned material is segregated from clean material. Photos are taken of each lot before transfer to the loading bay, building a per-lot dossier that travels with the container.
A handheld XRF gun is used at the loading bay to spot-check chemistry against the declared grade. Aluminum alloys are verified for Mg, Si, Cu and Fe windows. Copper wire is verified for Cu purity and tin content. Stainless lots are verified for Ni, Cr and Mo to distinguish 304 from 316. Lots outside tolerance are diverted to the appropriate grade bay; they never reach the container.
Aluminum and stainless lots pass a magnet test before stuffing. Any ferrous attachments — screws, brackets, valve stems, ferrous fragments — are removed. UBC bales additionally pass through an eddy-current sorter on inbound. Maximum tolerated free-iron contamination is 1%; lots above tolerance are re-processed before release to the loading bay.
Before stuffing, the container floor is inspected and lined where required. The loaded weight target is confirmed against the booked vessel weight slot. Stuffing is photographed in sequence with timestamps. Bridge tickets confirm net loaded weight container-by-container. A pre-seal photo of the loaded cargo and a post-seal photo of the closed door are filed in the shipment dossier.
On buyer request, SGS, Bureau Veritas, Intertek, CCIC or TÜV inspect at the loading point. The inspector observes stuffing, draws representative samples for XRF or wet-lab analysis, witnesses the seal application and issues the inspection certificate. Bill of lading is released only after inspection clearance and against the payment terms agreed in the sales contract.
Representative samples from each loading lot are retained at our Rotterdam yard for 90 days. If a buyer assay challenges our declared chemistry, the retained sample is re-tested at an independent EU laboratory and the result is binding. To date our retained-sample programme has resolved every chemistry dispute on first re-test.
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