Logistics for Fine Art & Show scenery > Transport for Fine Art
Due to its single character, the achievement of fine art transport requires greatest professionalism, greatest vigilance and requires the implementation of successive operations known as “customized”.
Solutions brought by ESI Fine Art regarding fine art transport are specific to the characteristics of the objects.
Artistic sector’s professionals can trust the experiment of ESI Fine Art for the transport of their great values, as during transfers from museum to museum, as during the forwarding from a gallery to a private collector or as during an artistic exhibition abroad.
For more than 30 years, the ESI Group has integrated the various parameters related to the transport of fine art, so that each stage of the project proceeds as well as possible.
Our teams of professionals will take a very particular care during the packing of your goods.
According to the item (statue, table, vase, etc), they will find the best adapted materials to ensure to fine art an ideal case to protect it throughout the journey.
Either the packing is standard or customized, it will perfectly correspond to the requirements that the fine art transport requires.
In addition, ESI Fine Art will bring you the best solution regarding the means of transport to privilege.
This last point is determining for the good success of the operations:
- By road, it is essential to respect the characteristics of the master piece, so we place at your disposal different trucks with specific installations according to the nature of the item to transport (upholstered trucks, metal trucks, trucks at controlled temperature, trucks with lifting forage ladder, etc.).
The implementation of a fine art transport by road requires a perfect coordination between the operations of packing, unpacking, handling and time of road, to guarantee the respect of the deadline.
ESI Fine Art is able to position all types of vehicles adapted to the service to realize and to set up a true synergy between the various stages of the process of dispatching, in order to respect the requirements of delivery. - Regarding air transport it is essential to know the exact items packing list (length x width x height) as well as the precise weight of the cases (net and rough weight).
It is also important to check next to the airline companies the precise routes and to privilege the direct flights (without stopover).
ESI Fine Art has the IATA approval for agents of freight which allow us to edit LTA (Consignment note) and to control directly any shipment.
ESI Fine Art also guarantees an assistance at airports at your fine art’s departure and arrival. - The transport of fine art by boat is appropriate for solid and heavy items.
It is not often used because deadlines are generally long and difficult to control, handling is generally tactless and non controllable.
- The transport of fine art by rail is possible, for a master piece travelling as hand luggage.
Everywhere around the world, ESI Fine Art is committed to respect the triple conditions for a successful project:
- Costs
- Quality
- Deadline
At each of our destinations, our agents’ network ensures a quality of service identical to the one we offer, and this, to guarantee the maximum success of all your events.
Then, do not hesitate to contact us to know our offers intended for the Museum, Gallery, Foundation, Antiquary from the whole world.