Carnet shipments, port-side handshakes and 3 a.m. customs calls — built into one personal practice between Kerala and the Gulf.
I'm Muhammed Shamnad KV. I grew up in Edappal, a small town in Kerala, and like most kids around me — cars were the obsession. The difference was, I went to the Gulf and kept running into a problem nobody had a clean answer for: "How do I get this car across the border — legally — and back?"
The answer was the Carnet de Passage — the international "passport for your car." I learned the paperwork inside-out, did it once for a friend, and word travelled. Now it's a name passed quietly between collectors and enthusiasts across the Gulf and South India.
Lamborghinis, Mustangs, Rolls-Royces, Ferraris, Skylines, Hayabusas — moved across all six GCC nations. Same WhatsApp number. Same person. Same accountability, every single time.
Not a list of dates — a list of principles. These are the things that stay the same on every single file, whatever the car or the corridor.
Some cars can't be permanently imported into India — and I'll tell you that on the first call. Carnet, Transfer-of-Residence, or a straight shipment: I point you to what's actually legal and worth it.
No call centres, no junior agents, no handoffs. The person who quotes you is the person who clears the car and signs off the delivery.
The Carnet de Passage is the heart of the work — issued, guaranteed and, crucially, discharged clean on the return leg so duty is never forfeited.
Condition photos, seal numbers, B/L, customs receipts — all assembled into one closure file you keep. If there's a question a year later, the answer is in the file.
UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain — vetted port-side partners on every route, plus pan-India final-mile delivery.
172,000 people follow the work. Every arrival and every "back to Dubai" is documented in the open — accountability an agency can't fake.
One — the same person on every file. No call centres, no junior agents, no information lost between desks. You message me. I reply. I sign off on the final delivery.
Two — every step is documented. Carnet papers, port photos, container seal numbers, customs receipts. Everything goes in your closure file. If there's a question six months later, the answer is in the file.
Three — the audience is the audit. 172,000 people watch every delivery. That's a level of public accountability traditional logistics agencies will never have. If something goes wrong, it goes wrong in front of an audience that will let me know.
One WhatsApp message — the honest route, an estimate and a realistic timeline back to you, usually within hours. No deposit. No obligation.