Why Nautical?

Turn Your Supply Chain Into a Competitive Advantage. Unlock operational excellence across manufacturing, fulfillment, logistics, and more. We help businesses reduce costs and reach new customers, all while maintaining the highest possible quality.
Partner with experience and increase your profit margin.

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Manufacturing & Sourcing

Our international factories and global sourcing partners provide access to the highest quality goods at the lowest possible price.

Global Product Sourcing

Manufacturing

Product Development

3PL | Third-Party Logistics

As a centrally-located 3PL provider in the United States, Nautical is strategically situated for ideal shipping throughout the United States. 

Warehousing

Fulfillment

Freight

Marketing Promotional Services

Increase brand awareness, activation, and sales with product samples and experiences that delight your customers.

Product Sampling

Promotional Kits

Sustainable Marketing

Your End-to-end Supply Chain Partner

When you partner with Nautical, you’re getting a one-stop solution for everything supply chain. Integrated vertically across manufacturing, shipping, and distribution, from dock to door we’ll help your company maximize cost savings while delivering the perfect customer experience.

By managing every aspect of your product through the delivery process, you will enjoy lower transaction costs, reduced uncertainty, and an improved synchronization of supply and demand for your business.

The Nautical difference

Makes all the difference
Our unwavering commitment to excellence, professionalism, and our partners’ success makes Nautical the preferred partner for retailers of all sizes.

Our Quality Promise

  • Cost Optimization: We help reduce shipping costs, improve delivery times, and optimize distribution operations for cost superior savings.
  • Tailored Solutions: We offer customized solutions tailored to you specific inventory, fulfillment, and distribution requirements.
  • Technology Support: We seamlessly integrate our logistics technology into e-commerce platforms and systems.
  • Customer Experience: We prioritize the delivery experience to meet customer expectations and maintain high customer satisfaction rates.
  • Efficient Fulfillment: We manage the complexities of timely and accurate order fulfillment, even during peak seasons of order fluctuation.
  • A Partnership That Scales: Our flexible solutions seamlessly scale to accommodate growth and fluctuations in demand.

Making an Impact That’s More Than Us

We’re more than just another cog in the machine. By partnering with Nautical, you’ll be helping your business and your community come together through a shared vision of global sustainability.

Supply Chain Resilience

Through our innovative approach to supply chain integration.

Accessible Sustainability

Through leading perishable plastic technologies.

Community Outcomes

Through local partnerships and people-first HR policies.

Full Service, End-to-End

Extend your business, reach new markets, and lower your costs. Our #1 focus is facilitating your success.

Wholesale Sourcing & Custom Manufacturing

We leverage a global sourcing network to find the finest products and meet our clients’ most stringent standards.
Partner with Nautical and lower your landed cost. As a first-party manufacturer–and a multinational company with a global network of suppliers, our direct relationships and streamlined processes enable us to deliver high-quality products to our partners in the most cost-effective way possible

Our international teams of sourcing specialists work tirelessly to identify the most competitive regions for each product category and manufacturing process. By expanding our network to include suppliers from all around the world, Nautical can tap into manufacturing regions with significant economies of scale and low production costs to pass those savings on to our partners. We provide on-site quality control to with a trained eye for matching product specifications
Source better products, or develop your own.

Source Products Globally at Lower Costs

Partner with Nautical and lower your landed cost

As a first-party manufacturer–and a multinational company with a global network of suppliers, our direct relationships and streamlined processes enable us to deliver high-quality products to our partners in the most cost-effective way possible

Our international teams of sourcing specialists work tirelessly to identify the most competitive regions for each product category and manufacturing process. By expanding our network to include suppliers from all around the world, Nautical can tap into manufacturing regions with significant economies of scale and low production costs to pass those savings on to our partners.

We provide on-site quality control to with a trained eye for matching product specifications

Source better products, or develop your own.

3PL Services to Help You Reach Customers Anywhere.

A Fulfillment Center Focused on Your Goals. We work tirelessly to be your best business partner. Whether you have 25 orders a month—or 25,000—our commitment to exceptional service will give your company the strongest possible foundation for growth.
Your 3PL Partner for the Long Haul. We’re flexible enough for the most complex of fulfillment needs–with additional services like pick and pack, kitting and assembly, FBA prep, and more. Most of these value-added capabilities were added at the request of our clients to help them expand service capabilities and lower costs; this demonstrates our unwavering commitment to our partners’ needs and desire to create value in our industry.

No Job is Too Complex for Nautical

Warehousing

Racked Space · Bulk Storage · Food Grade Facility
Built for fulfillment and distribution operations, our warehouse comes ready for all receiving, unloading, and inventorying needs. Short-term and long-term storage options are available in racked, floor-stacked, or bulk configurations.
We charge an in-fee per pallet with a monthly fee to store. Storage fees may also be rolled into fulfillment services as you have further needs in preparing your product for delivery.

Fulfillment

Pick & Pack · Distribution · Omnichannel Fulfillment
No matter how your orders come in, we provide custom fulfillment with real-time updates to keep your team to keep everyone in the loop. We seamlessly integrate into any ecommerce store front and fulfill bulk deliveries for retailers.
We manage one-off jobs for ecommerce clients and jobs with 300,000 bags of different supplies for others. We provide all boxes, labels, and shipping materials.

Shipping

FTL & LTL · Parcel Service · Local Box Truck Delivery
We ship via all major carriers, taking care of all packaging and shipping labels on your behalf. Orders ship out via pallets, cartons, or “eaches,” at negotiation carrier rates well below the market rate. Need local delivery in Kansas City? We do that, too.
Due to our high volumes, we provide discounted parcel shipping through major service partners like FedEx and UPS.

Addressing the Region’s Diverse Set of Supply Chain Requirements With Services to Enhance Value for All

warehouse
Rack and Bulk Storage
transload
Cross-Docking & Transloading
rework
Value-Added Rework
trailer
Trailer Storage
devanning
Devanning
kitting
Kitting & Assembly
pickandpack
Pick & Pack
delivery
Parcel Service
ftl
FTL & LTL Options
inspection
Quality Inspection
consolidation
Freight Consolidation
overwrap
Overwrap and Packaging
integration
EDI/API Integrations
fba
FBA Prep
distribution
Retail Distribution

3PL Services to help you reach customers anywhere.

A Fulfillment Center Focused on Your Goals

When it comes to fulfillment and logistics, we’ll stop at nothing to be your best business partner. Whether you have 25 orders a month, or 25,000, our commitment to exceptional service and quality will help propel your company’s growth. With additional services like pick & pack, kitting and assembly, case/carton pick, labeling, and more–we’re flexible enough for the most complex of fulfillment needs.

Your 3PL Partner for the Long Haul

Warehousing

Bulk Pallet Storage
We charge an in-fee per pallet with a monthly fee to store. Storage fees may also be rolled into fulfillment services as you have further needs in preparing your product for delivery.

Fulfillment

Pick & Pack · Kitting & Assembly · Carton Pick
We manage one-off jobs for e-commerce clients and jobs with 300,000 bags of different supplies for others. We provide all boxes, labels, and shipping materials.

Freight

FTL & LTL · Transloading
Due to our high volumes, we provide discounted parcel shipping through major service partners like FedEx and UPS. Every step of the way, we aim to drive your good ideas forward with accuracy and improved ROI.

Marketing Production & Demo Services

Design Experiences that Compel Customers
Enhance your brand impact with product samples, promotional kits, and sustainable packaging. Make a splash with product samples that instantly connect with your customers. Promote products and propel sales with demo kits packaged via fin-seal flow wrap or assembled as promotional bags. If desired, we’ll wrap your samples in environmentally-friendly Solmera™.

Need help sourcing promotional items? We can help there, too! Our global sourcing team can locate almost any promotional item and deliver it to your facility at lower cost. 
Drive Awareness with Product Samples that Convert into Sales.

Trusted by Our Brand Partners

We value every client-partner and treat every order as if it was the most important thing we’ll ever do. Because it is.

Design Experiences that Compel Customers

Enhance your brand impact with product samples, promotional kits, and sustainable packaging.

Make a splash with product samples that instantly connect with your customers. At Nautical, we can help you amplify your brand by creating samples using our fin-seal flow wrap machine, tip-on-glue machine, or by leveraging our expert team to assemble promotional bags. If desired, we’ll wrap your samples in environmentally-friendly Solmera™ packaging for a nominal cost. 

Need help sourcing promotional items? We can help there, too! Our global sourcing team can locate almost any promotional item and deliver it to you at reduced cost.

Drive Awareness with Premier Product Samples.
We value every client-partner and treat every order as if it was the most important thing we’ll ever do. Because it is.
Nautical Partners Horizontal

Global Freight Forwarding & Customs Clearance

Moving anything, anywhere safely by land, water, or air.
Providing the industry’s best freight forwarding services via our subsidiary Current International Freight, who handles all aspects of freight forwarding, from route optimization to cargo consolidation, tailored to meet specific client needs. With expertise in customs regulations and documentation, they facilitate hassle-free customs clearance, minimizing delays and ensuring compliance.

Global Reach

We offer international freight shipping with unmatched access to and from any port or airport in the world. Our extensive and highly-vetted network of partners guarantees efficient and reliable transportation, backed by tracking systems and experienced professionals at the helm.

Customs Clearance

We specialize in providing comprehensive customs clearance services to pass all international regulations and standards. Our team of experts handles all necessary documentation, tariff classifications, and duties, minimizing delays and avoiding costly penalties.

On-site Inspection and Quality Control

Our experts provide experienced oversight for on-site inspection services at exit and entry ports. By verifying that all shipments meet regulatory and quality standards, we reduce the risk of delays and non-compliance for your shipments and verify the quality, condition, quantity, and documentation of goods being transported.

Local Box Truck Delivery Service

With our liftgate-equipped straight trucks we ensure your goods will be transferred seamlessly from dock to doorstep. Offering local straight truck delivery services within a 250 mile radius of Kansas City via our subsidiary Tidal Trucking, our delivery experts have dropped off over 300 orders with an A+ safety and satisfaction rating.
Our commitment to punctuality and customer satisfaction means our dedicated team is available 24/7, offering emergency response services to handle urgent delivery needs at any hour.

Staffing Temporary-to-Permanent Placements

Better Staffing Through an Equal Focus on Both Workers and Employers

creatING MORE pathways to full-time, living wage jobs. By bringing greater equity and quality to the temporary labor system by matching workers to positions that fit their skills, interests, and needs, our sister company Staffing by Starboard sources high-quality temp labor for businesses in the greater Kansas City area.
By keeping things simple and streamlined for both employers and temp workers with a remote onboarding process and fully digitized paperwork system, we reduce many of the frustrations associated with traditional staffing systems. We work alongside your company during onboarding, facilitating technology-driven and efficient processes, and working proactively to keep turnover to a minimum.

Quality Guarantee

We receive the containers at our facility, re-palletize them according to our customer’s specifications and provides transportation to their end users. We visit our customer facilities regularly and work directly with purchasing managers to determine minimums and maximums of inventory. Inventory management is done in the customer’s warehouse.
Nautical’s storage capabilities and constant communication with our contact in China ensures that the customer always has the products they need—on a just-in-time delivery schedule.

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