Some cargo has no delivery date. It has a deadline.
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Marine and superyacht spares, AOG (an aircraft grounded, waiting on a part) parts, production-line components, fine art. Air, road, courier — or all three, under one desk.
Give us the deadline. We will work backwards.
The fastest answer may be a courier, a commercial uplift, road under seal or a charter. This brief gives the operations desk the facts needed to choose the viable path.
Deadline Tool assessment was carried over. Review and amend the brief; the operations desk validates the viable method before confirming a route.
The call always sounds the same.
A pump component sits with a supplier in Izmir. The ship is at Rotterdam anchorage. Miss the window and she sails without it.
Every hour a grounded aircraft waits, the airline pays for it in cancelled flights and re-crewing.
A servo motor in Stuttgart. Standard freight says four days. Four days is not an answer.
Four things we know well.
Marine & superyacht spares
Door-to-deck. To the vessel at berth, or off-port-limits if she does not come alongside.
AOG — aircraft on ground
Next flight out, hangar to hangar. The part is treated as what it is: the most expensive hour of someone's week.
Production-line components
The part that stops a factory. We quote in minutes and give an hour, not a range.
Fine art & collections
Condition, discretion, and the right customs regime. Handled quietly, insured properly.
Also handled: exhibition and event cargo; energy, offshore and spill-response equipment.
Sector notes: marine and superyacht, automotive and manufacturing, pharmaceutical cold chain, energy and offshore, events and exhibition, government and relief.
Four ways. We pick the one that lands first.
On-board courier
A person carries it. It flies as accompanied baggage on the next flight out, and the courier clears customs on arrival — so it never enters the cargo chain.
When this path fits
- Appropriate when
- Documents, compact components or small units need a controlled collection-to-delivery chain.
- Desk checks
- Cabin suitability, travel documents, routing, collection timing and receiving arrangements.
- Escalate when
- The item is oversized, regulated, temperature-dependent or cannot meet passenger-carriage conditions.
Read the OBC (on-board courier — someone who flies with the shipment) guide →
Air cargo charter
When it will not fit in a cabin. Dedicated aircraft, engine moves, outsize and out-of-gauge (too big for a standard pallet) parts.
When this path fits
- Appropriate when
- A direct air solution needs assessment for out-of-gauge cargo, remote routing or a tightly defined operational window.
- Desk checks
- Loadability, aircraft suitability, permits, airport operating conditions, slots and ground equipment.
- Escalate when
- The shipment requires technical engineering review, regulatory clearance or a combined air-and-ground recovery plan.
Road under seal
Our own ground. The Türkiye–Europe corridor, transit under customs seal, our trucks and our own customs team.
When this path fits
- Appropriate when
- Collection, border planning, site access or delivery sequencing matters as much as the line-haul itself.
- Desk checks
- Vehicle type, driver and border constraints, loading conditions, route restrictions and proof of handover.
- Escalate when
- The distance, deadline or cargo profile calls for an air assessment or specialist handling arrangement.
Next flight out
Cargo, not a courier: the first departure with space, booked and cleared through the freight channel. Cheaper than a courier when nothing needs escorting.
When this path fits
- Appropriate when
- General cargo suits scheduled air networks and terminal acceptance can work with the operational brief.
- Desk checks
- Freight acceptance, documentation, screening, terminal cut-offs, customs and onward handover.
- Escalate when
- The shipment requires technical engineering review, regulatory clearance or a combined air-and-ground recovery plan.
Customs: the regime decides the speed
Speed is not an exemption. It is a regime.
Nothing moves faster by skipping customs. It moves faster because the right regime was chosen before the goods left the shelf — and the paperwork was already lodged when the aircraft landed.
Temporary admission
For exhibition goods, professional equipment and works of art. In, shown, out — without duty falling due.
Transit under seal
Goods cross borders sealed. Duty is not triggered along the way, only where it is meant to be.
Delivery to vessel
Spares supplied to a foreign-flagged commercial ship on international voyage are treated as an export, evidenced by a customs declaration.
Our own brokerage
A customs team on the corridor we run every week. Not a subcontractor you have never met.
The right regime depends on the goods, the flag and the use. We confirm it before we quote — never after.
The desk behind the phone
A person answers. An operation follows.
Time-critical freight is not moved by a booking engine. It is moved by people who know which freighter is where, which customs office opens when, and which port agent picks up at 03:00.
One coordinator owns your movement from the first call to the proof of delivery — across air, road and courier at once.
Questions clients ask
Asked. Answered.
What is AOG?
How do marine spares actually move?
What is an on-board courier (OBC)?
What decides the price of a time-critical move?
One contact. Two-hour reply.
Send the part, the origin, the destination and the hour it has to be there. You will get vetted options with a price and a time — not a range, and not a call-back promise.