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Imperial Parcel Services
Sea Freight

Sea Freight

Ocean Freight Bullion & Commodities

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Secure sea freight for bullion

Secure Ocean Freight for High-Value Cargo

Imperial Parcel Services provides ocean transport for bullion, industrial precious metals, and selected high-value goods. Our service includes collection, sealed containers, secure port handling, customs, insurance, and final delivery.

Our Asia-Pacific service is supported by teams in Shanghai and Sydney, with Valletta serving Mediterranean routes. We work with shippers, ports, customs teams, bonded facilities, and receiving vaults from start to finish.

High-value ocean freight depends on container integrity, controlled handovers, marine insurance, and customs readiness at origin and destination.
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Sealed Containers

Seal identifiers and integrity checks are recorded at each approved handover.

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Port Security

Terminal handling and escorted port movements are coordinated with approved providers.

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Marine Insurance

Marine coverage is aligned to voyage, declared value, custody points, and agreed Incoterms.

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Bonded Transfers

Routing through free-trade zones and customs-bonded facilities where required.

Ocean Freight Options

  • Full container load (FCL) for institutional bullion and commodity lots
  • Less than container load (LCL) for smaller but still high-value shipments
  • Break-bulk and project cargo for exceptional dimensions or weight
  • Port-to-vault routing with armored final mile
  • Export, import, and supporting precious-metals documentation for applicable customs requirements
Ocean freight logistics

International Ocean Corridors

Movements are coordinated across selected bullion and commodity routes with defined providers, handover points, and receiving arrangements.

Mediterranean

Europe ↔ Middle East

Mediterranean and Red Sea bullion corridors

Suez corridor

Europe ↔ Asia

Suez transit and Far East hub connections

Transatlantic

Americas ↔ Europe

Industrial metal and bullion flows across the Atlantic

Asia-Pacific

Shanghai & Sydney

Pacific links across our Asia-Pacific vault network

A Secure Ocean Journey

Before collection, we confirm the route, container security, insurance, customs papers, and delivery instructions.

  1. 01

    Voyage scoping

    Incoterms agreement, routing selection, and marine insurance bind.

  2. 02

    Container preparation

    Inland collection, stuffing, and tamper-evident seal documentation.

  3. 03

    Port loading

    Terminal escort, vessel loading, and bill of lading issuance.

  4. 04

    En-route reporting

    Voyage status updates and arrival customs pre-clearance.

  5. 05

    Discharge & delivery

    Bonded storage or direct vault intake with signed receipt.

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