Commodities Inspection is a comprehensive service offered by Global Surveys that covers a wide range of commodities, including agricultural products, minerals, and metals, and designed to be cost-effective, efficient, and tailored to the specific needs of our clients. Our team of experienced inspectors has the expertise to deliver high-quality services and provide our clients with the peace of mind they need.

Our Commodities Inspection Services cover a range of inspection activities, including:

Quality Control

Our Quality Control services ensure that the ready-to-ship/shipped products are in conformity with contractual specifications, national or international standards at country of import.

The quality verification is a process of analyzing the taken samples at accredited laboratories. This service can be presented at any stage of the supply chain.

Quantity Control

Quantity Control means tallying of bags, boxes, packages or any other packaging type, and is performed by our experienced and trained tallymen. This service is usually offered to our customers for break bulk shipments as a tool to guarantee the actual number of items delivered into/from containers, vessels, trucks or any other means of transport.

Weight Control

Weight control of the shipment is weighing the means of transport both empty and gross at site of loading/discharge under the supervision of our experienced and trained inspectors to ascertain the actual weight delivered/received.

Our Weight Control service is a tool for our customers to verify the shipment weight delivered/received into/from containers, vessels, trucks or any other means of transport. Additionally, we conduct this service to check the individual weight of received packaged cargoes such as bags/boxes or any other packaging type.

Sampling

Our Sampling service is a tool for our customers to check either onsite visual condition of their goods or its conformity to the contractual specifications, national or international standards, by analyzing the drawn samples at accredited laboratories.

Furthermore, our experienced and trained inspectors perform sampling at silos, warehouses, production lines sites or during loading/offloading from containers, vessels, trucks or any other means of transport. Sampling can be presented at any stage of the supply chain, and is always in accordance to the national or international standards.

Packing and Marking Inspection

We offer our Packing and Marking Inspection service to ensure that the ready-to-ship/shipped goods’ packaging and marking are in conformity with the contractual specifications, national or international standards, at country of import.

In addition, this service ensures maximum protection for goods against damage, breakage and pilferage during transport, storage and multiple handling, including handling by e.g. hoisting, lifting devices and forklift trucks. Furthermore, markings Inspection ensures quality and identify the different product properties in relation to specified parameters.

Loading / Offloading Supervision

We offer this service to our customers during loading, offloading or at any stage of supply chain of their commodities. It is a tool to ensure goods are correctly presented, properly handled and ready for transport by various means of transport such as containers, vessels or trucks.

Damage Surveys / Visual Inspection

We provide this service to our customers to sustain effective quality checking and control, resulting in highly efficient time management of their project, in addition to a factual, independent report in case of any damage detected which helps to determine the current condition of the goods, extent of damage and any possible cause of damage. Our inspectors are always ready to fully assess all details of your delivered goods.