Cristef  International freight forwarding & transports  with experience since 1991 shipping from and to USA  , we have warehouse facilities  in Genoa, Milan Florence, Bologna  where we consolidate any kind of goods but in particular we warehouse for shipping furnitures, design accessories, glasses,porcelainware, luxury cars, bike, papers, clothes, fabbrics, personal effects .

We do use  Port terminal warehouses and open terminal to ship heavy machinery, agricultural machines, earth moving machines, cars , big cases , oversized machines that we stow and consolidate  onto flat racks or platform containers and mafi , stowing into 20’ and 40’ .

We ship all over USA where on request we can also clear the goods by our agents throughout the ports of New York,  Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Savannah, Houston, Galveston, Jacksonville, Miami, Port Everglades, Chicago and in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle , Tacoma, Portland .

In Usa we deliver the goods  to company on DAP  or DDU  basis, we deliver also moving service to the curb with liftgate trucks or inside home .

We ship also car and rolling vehicles and machinery by ro-ro services using car carriers with sailing from the ports of Genova, Savona, Leghorn, Civitavecchia and Salerno to the port of New York, Baltimore , Savannah, Jacksonville,Houston, Galveston and Port Hueneme.

About the cars shipping , order to avoid unecessary loosing of time, please note that cars to Usa can  only be accepted without problems  vintage cars over 25 years old , usa builded cars , cars that  has been builded in conformity of EPA/DOT USA rules, normaly this cars get a label on the engine where is written” this vehicle conforms to U.S. EPA regulations…” for the cars that are not conform it needs to ask the permit to enter in usa to EPA/DOT  and cars will need to be made conform by companies authorized by EPA/DOT , this it will cost a very lot of money. Also cars that enter to USA for temporary trip or  tourism it will need to be approved by EPA/DOT to enter in USA.

For the cars that are admitted to enter in USA we can clear at port of arrival and to deliver to final destinations with open tucks or closed trucks .

The shipments of personal belongings  from Italy are normaly custom’s  visited and this could generate some extra warehousing costs.

Air shipment as handled as well from all Italy to all United States airports with also delivery to DAP final destinations

As well we make same service  from USA to all Italy .

So if you like to ask us for your shipment to and frm united states , please submit us an email, pls note that avoinding to indicate your data and telephone number could delay or not receive our answer:

For commercial shipments:

• Pick up and discharging locality with zip code

• Commodity  to be shipped.

• Kind of containers you need 20’ or 40’ or special equipments, open top or flat racks

• For oversized cargo please indicate weight , dimensions of each case

• Kind of packaging , is packing is ISPM conform or not

• Sales terms conditions fob, cif, dap,ddu

• -if you need goods insurance indicate value.

Dangerous goods  shipments:

• Normaly we accept dangerous goods only on  full container, please give us  imo class, un number, packing number and multimodal dangderous goods declaration , dangerous goods declaration in 16^th points. Further to  all above indications for  Commercial shipments .

Reefer, temperature controlled cargo:

• Normaly we accept only full container , fcl, for reefer shipments, to quote you , please give us further toall above news requested for commercial shipments:

• Temperature requested

• Please note that for food shipments  both exporters and importers has to be registered in FDA , Food and Drugs Administration.

   

For cars shipments:

• Indicate car model and building date

• Indicate if conform to USA EPA/DOT regulation

• Pick up and delivery location with zip code

   

  For Moving shipments:

• Indicate: both Italy and USA  full address, floor and zip code

• Indicate a packing list of belongings you like to ship, if possible add pictures

• indicate if you need knocking down and pick up, packing and unpacking

• indicate also your aboad VISA type and situation to check if you are exedmpt of import duties

For Boat shipments:

• please indicate model of Boat

• overall measurements and weight

• collecting/discharging place

• if boat dimensions inclusive of cradles or not.

• Kind of service you need : water-water, pier to pier

Some suggestion to USA shipment:

Be carefull to don’t give your shipment to unknow companies, some times you can receive quotation that at first sight could seems very low, sometimes could seems too low  , there are companies that are not aware of USA regulations or avoid to not give you the real situation because they are interested only to get yr goods to make profit, now after 11 September, security level is carefully monitored by USA Authority and in some circumstances not accomplishing the requested rules and documentations could  generate some loosing of money because of expensive fine ! Looks always who is the company  you are talking with , from how many years is working on the market , be carefully that some time companies that are able to do excellent local  labour job as to load/discharge pack/unpack are instead completely not able to handle  export and international  documentation  to USA rules and this could put you in real danger to loose lot of money or even to loose your goods

Last not last don’t wait further , ask us for your request and you’ll receive our prompt and professional free quotation.