For anyone buying by the carton or the pallet. You reserve the space and hand your supplier a mark; we receive, measure, ship, clear Customs and hand it over in Malé.
Only the left-hand column is yours. Everything on the right is ours, and it happens whether or not you are watching.
Under a minute
You
Pick the origin country and the mode, verify your mobile with a one-time code, and the booking is made. Nothing has to exist at the factory yet — the booking is what starts the clock.
ICL
We reserve the slot and give you a tracking number straight away, so every message about this consignment has something to hang on.
WhatsApp, or fill it in yourself
You
Share the booking link with your supplier and they enter the carton and product details — or open the same form and fill it in yourself if they will not.
Watch out: Unmarked cartons go to the unknown-box queue and sit there. It is the single biggest cause of delay in the whole chain.
ICL
From those details we generate a numbered ICL shipping mark for every carton. For air, the mark is issued once the eligibility review has passed; we tell you where that stands rather than leaving you waiting.
Before the cut-off
You
Your supplier delivers to the origin warehouse with the ICL mark written large on two faces of every carton, and the genuine invoice inside.
ICL
We scan each mark on arrival, weigh, measure and photograph the carton, and it appears against your booking the same day — including anything damaged or short.
Billed on measured cartons
You
Settle the freight invoice by bank transfer and upload the slip. Duty and Maldives Customs revenue charges are billed separately once assessed.
ICL
We consolidate your cartons with other shippers, sail or fly them, clear Customs under our consignee, and deliver in Malé or onward to your island.
Pick at the start. We can switch it before the cut-off if your plans change.
Transit and rates depend on your supplier, the volume and the season, and both are confirmed before your cargo ships. Price it in the calculator.
The cut-off is the last moment cargo can be committed to a particular departure — usually two working days before it leaves. It decides which sailing or flight you make, not whether you ship at all: arriving inside the 45 days but after a cut-off simply moves you to the next departure. Every cut-off is on the schedule.
This is the air list, which is the longer of the two. Rejected goods are held at the warehouse for 15 days.
Ready?
Booking takes a couple of minutes, and the marks are generated as soon as the carton details are in.
