Survey / Pre-planning

After the initial contact, we will set up a survey appointment. Our surveyor will visit your home to view the household goods and personal effects to be shipped or stored, estimate the volume and assess the packing and loading requirements. Please allow an average of one to two hours for the estimate.

After the survey, our inspector will review and discuss the results with you, advise you the number of days needed to complete your removal and pre-schedule your move dates. Please advise the surveyor if you are planning to purchase any new items which we should consider for your overseas shipment.

If your company is paying for the move, they may have corporate policy allowance levels. We will review those to ensure you are within your volume or budget allowances and advise if there are any additional requirements which need special authorization from your company.

Please discuss your immigration work permit status with your relocation coordinator, because many countries have import restrictions based on your immigration status versus the arrival of your shipment at destination.

Our moving brochure will contain a “Valued Inventory Form” and might as well contain certain custom forms (depending upon destination) which you are required to submit back to your relocation coordinator latest at the moving day.

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Moving Hints

The following list of moving hints should help and assist you to prepare for the coming moving day/s. It is very important that you maintain contact with your relocation coordinator should any kind of change arise, such as postponement of your home sale or any additions or deletions of your household goods. Because this might effect the surveyed weight or volume of your shipment as estimated at the time of the survey.

If you live in a building with elevator building, please have the elevator reserved for the loading day and ensure that the property management is in possession of all required licenses.

Set aside your clothes/suitcases, all important personal documents such as passports, airline tickets etc. and other items you will be carrying personally with you. Please separate and mark them: “Do not Touch”.

In case you have an airfreight shipment, please separate and mark those items with “Airfreight” to avoid any mixture with the surface shipment.

Dispose all hazardous materials: Please refer to our “What cannot be shipped” list.

Refrigerator/freezer need to be emptied and defrosted 48 hours prior to the moving day to dry them out. Please disconnect all electrical appliances, take down curtains and light fixtures at the day of moving.

Please remove and dispose your gas and propane tanks from your barbecue, lawn mower and any other gas powered items.

Obtain all your relevant records such as medical, dental, school, bank, insurance etc. and notify your post office about your relocation.

Pre-arrange the transfer or close of your accounts such as bank, investment, government/IRS, credit card and etc.

Collect all items brought out for cleaning or repair and return all items lent such as books, video, games and etc.

Donate any items you will not take with you or could not sell to organizations such as Goodwill, Salvation Army and ask for a receipt for possible deductions on your next income tax return.

Please set up your travel arrangements that you do not departure earlier than one day after the actual loading of your shipment/s in case of unforeseen delays.

Submit please your overall travel schedule to and leave a contact, telephone number with your relocation coordinator.

Please fill out the “Valued Inventory Form” rather soon and forward it to your relocation coordinator for proper insurance coverage.

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Moving Days

Our moving crew will arrive at your home at the scheduled day/time to pack, wrap and crate your household goods and personal effects.

Please be ready to give the crew chief instructions of what household goods belong to which transport mode such as air, surface or storage.

Your relocation coordinator will be present at your home several times during your moving process to assist and answer any questions you may have.

Once all your household goods and personal effects are packed, wrapped and crated our crew chief will prepare a detailed inventory which you must review and authorize.

Delahaye Blue Ribbon then will position a van/truck or steamship container and your possessions will be loaded according to their transport mode: Air = Air container, Sea = Steamship container, Storage = Liftvans/Wooden crates

After loading has finished our crew chief or relocation coordinator will ask you to confirm that nothing has been forgotten. Please check every room, the attic, the garage and shed to ensure nothing was left behind.

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Transit / Logistics

Your relocation coordinator will complete all export related documentation and formalities and further check that your shipment/s has/have been received by our warehouse, the airport or stevedores at the port depending on your transport mode.

Once your shipment has sailed we will confirm the “on-board” status and forward all necessary documentation (Bill of Lading, AWB etc.) to our overseas office or designated agent.

While both you and your shipment/s are traveling to your destination, please be so kind and provide us with a contact and telephone number. Importantly advise us immediately of any changes in your schedule.

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Destination

Upon your arrival at destination our overseas office or designated agent will contact you (presuppose you left contact information with your relocation coordinator) to complete any further required custom forms or formalities.

After customs clearance has been completed and permission granted to legal entry our overseas office or agent will organize and coordinate your full destination service.

In case of any delay such as your home not being ready or others requiring temporary storage, our overseas office or agent will assist and guide you through this process.

We recommend that you or a person of your trust is present at the time of the delivery to inspect all unloaded household goods and to note any exceptions such as damaged or missing items, which is necessary for insurance purposes. A signature will be required upon completion of unloading / unpacking.

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What cannot be shipped

Delahaye Blue Ribbon wants your removal to be safe and tension-free. Please find enclosed a list of common used household articles, which are considered hazardous by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and therefore are not accepted for moving, shipping and storage.

If you require additional information regarding a particular article, please contact your relocation coordinator.

Flammables: Lighter Fluids, Matches, Chemical Sprays, Paint or Varnish, Removers, Briquettes, Signal Flares

Corrosives: Acids, Cleaners, Bleach, Batteries, Chemicals, Mineral Spirits

Combustible Liquids: Alcohol, Lubricants, Gasoline, Kerosene, Anti-freeze liquids

Explosives: Firework, Ammunition

Compressed Gases: Aerosol cans, Extinguishers, Tanks

No perishables are allowed: Meat, Vegetables, Fresh Fruits, Flowers, Seed and Live Plants

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