Our services

Your independent eyes and ears

When you cannot be on site to inspect your cargo, CSS serves as your independent eyes and ears. The work is completed and communicated clearly and efficiently. After more than 50 years, we have probably encountered a situation like yours and can develop the right solution.

If a situation is not listed, ask. The list describes the work, but it does not limit what CSS can handle.

Sampling

Independent sampling in port and warehouse settings, with expedited sampling and communication. Our Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) holders can access secured waterfront facilities when needed.

For importers · exporters · roasters · processors · warehouses

Surveys, inspections & inventory audits

Damage surveying, condition inspections, load supervision, and inventory audits, with photographs and reports of findings.

For inventory owners · insurers · lenders · underwriters · warehouses

Specialized Inventory AuditCollateral & asset verificationA specialized Inventory Audit for collateral: counts and reconciliation, visual verification, or full sensory evaluation.

By commodity

Coffee

Green coffee sampling, grading, and surveying, conventional and specialty.

Cocoa

Raw cocoa beans and cocoa product, sampled and graded by an ICE-licensed cocoa grader.