Colivelo Shipping operates bonded warehousing in Rotterdam and Hamburg for duty-suspended storage, cross-docking, and distribution. Goods remain under customs control until released, with GPS-tracked handling and itemized inventory records. Storage terms and free time are quoted in writing before your shipment arrives at the facility.

Service 05 · Bonded Warehousing

Bonded Warehousing — Store Now, Clear When Ready.

Duties deferred, cargo secured and inventory tracked in bonded facilities on both shores — Elizabeth and Rotterdam — released to you the day you need it, with every movement scanned.

Duty & VAT Deferral
Elizabeth · Rotterdam Hubs
Scan-In, Scan-Out Inventory

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Every pallet: scanned in · scanned out · insured in between

What We Store

Six Ways Bonded Space Works for You

Bonded storage is not a parking lot — it is a customs instrument. Each capability below turns waiting time into working capital.

Bonded Storage

Goods held under customs bond in Elizabeth and Rotterdam — duties and VAT deferred until release.

Duty Deferral

Pay import duty when goods enter free circulation, not when they dock — cash flow stays yours.

Fulfillment & Pick-Pack

Orders picked, packed and dispatched from bonded stock with same-day scan-out.

Cross-Dock & Transload

Container to pallet to truck within 24 hours of arrival, timed to your delivery windows.

Inventory Visibility

Every pallet scan-in and scan-out lands in your tracking timeline — counts you can audit, not estimates.

Insured Handling

All-risk cover while goods sit, move and ship — warehousing never falls outside the insurance wall.

Storage Plans at a Glance

Short-Term vs Long-Term vs Fulfillment

Every plan is bonded and scanned. What changes is how actively we work your inventory.

Feature	Short-Term (<30 days)	Long-Term
Bonded (duties deferred)
Scan-in / scan-out inventory
Pick & pack per order	—	add-on
Cross-dock within 24h of arrival
All-risk insurance while stored
Live tracking timeline
Release to US / EU delivery

✓ included in your plan · bonded status applies at both Elizabeth and Rotterdam facilities · every release is documented against the manifest.

The Colivelo Standard

Why Colivelo for Storage

Four commitments that apply to every pallet — each one verifiable, none of them marketing adjectives.

Two Hubs, One Standard

Elizabeth and Rotterdam facilities run the same scan-in, scan-out discipline — your inventory is countable from either shore.

Duties Wait, Cash Doesn't Leave

Bonded storage defers duty and VAT until release, so your capital moves when your goods do — not when the ship docks.

24-Hour Cross-Dock

Containers are devanned, palletized and dispatched within 24 hours of arrival when you need speed, not storage.

Evidence at Every Movement

Each handling step is a timestamped scan — if a pallet moved, you can see when, where and who signed.

Who Stores With Us

Industries This Service Serves

The inventory models that benefit most from bonded space on both shores.

E-Commerce & D2C Retail Distribution Manufacturing Spares Seasonal Inventory Equipment Dealers Marketplace Sellers E-Commerce & D2C Retail Distribution Manufacturing Spares Seasonal Inventory Equipment Dealers Marketplace Sellers

Ship With Evidence

The Colivelo Trust Standard

Registered & Verifiable

US DOT, FMC License, NL KVK and EU EORI — every credential is public and checkable before you book, not after something goes wrong.

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Signed, Photographed POD

Every delivery ends with a signature and timestamped photos, backed by the 9-scan GPS timeline you can replay from pickup to door.

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Anti-Scam Promise

We share the carrier name and MC number at booking. Verify them before you pay — and never wire a “holding fee” to anyone.

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Straight Answers

Bonded Warehousing FAQ

Import duties and VAT. Goods stored under bond have not entered free circulation, so duty is not due until they are released for sale or use. For importers cycling stock between the US and EU, that can mean months of working capital kept productive instead of prepaid to customs on goods still sitting on a shelf.

Yes. Orders are picked, packed and dispatched from bonded inventory with same-day scan-out, and each parcel carries the tracking your customers already expect. Duty settles per release, so you only pay import charges on stock that has actually sold — not on pallets waiting for a season that has not arrived yet.

When storage is not the goal, containers are devanned, sorted and re-dispatched within 24 hours of arrival at our Elizabeth or Rotterdam facilities. Every carton is scanned out against the manifest, so the handoff is documented to the piece — and the receiving dock knows exactly what is coming before the truck rolls.

Ready to store? Itemized rate in under 2 hours.

One itemized quote covering storage, handling, insurance and release — per pallet, per week, no surprise line items at exit.

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Bonded Warehousing · Elizabeth · Rotterdam · Duty Deferral