Agricultural Commodities

As a trusted agricultural third party inspection body, our aim is to protect the interest and reputation of our clients in the best possible way. That’s why TÜV Rheinland, member of the TIC Council (formerly IFIA), offers a full range of agricultural commodity inspection services that helps mitigate risk and protects interest throughout supply chain of source or destination.

We supervise cargo loading, discharging, weighing, and screening in detail, as per the required specifications. Our qualified surveyors across the world are ready to provide services such as tank and hold cleanliness, round the clock supervision, weighing, sampling, and analysis.

At Ports

• Full scope inspection
• Vessel tank and hold inspection
• Water tightness (UlD)
• Light test of containers
• Supervision of weighing or tally control
• Contractual sampling as per international standards
• Express testing on-spot for basic parameters
• Sealing of holds, tanks, containers, etc
• Shore gauging, cargo weighing supervision draught survey, or ship tanks gauging
• Bunker survey
• On/off hire condition survey

On Land

• Harvest inspection, crop monitoring, quality mapping, phytosanitary monitoring, or stock monitoring
• Spot inspections at Silos
• Intake or outtake control including express testing
• Warehouse sampling
• Pre-shipment inspection
• Analysis as per contractual specifications

On Commodities

• Grains (wheat, corn, rice, etc.)
• Pulses (dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas, lentils, etc.)
• Oil seeds and by-products (sunflower seeds, soybeans, etc.)
• Soft commodities (sugar, coffee, cotton, etc.)

We offer a comprehensive range of services to provide you with the best possible support in shipping your goods.