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Armored & Diplomatic Transport

Embassies, consulates, and heads of state. Since 2005.

Two decades of diplomatic movements in New York and beyond — Gulf and South Asian missions, permanent missions to the UN, and principals at head-of-state level, with the same standard extending across our 200+ city network. Almost always alongside the executive protection firm that holds the account. Your detail leads. We drive.

20 yrs
Diplomatic movements in New York
Cleared
Background-checked, NDA-bound chauffeurs
UNGA
General Assembly week, every year
24/365
Operations desk, no answering service
Who We Work For

Missions don’t run transport. Their security firms do — and they call us.

A consulate rarely dispatches its own vehicles. The account sits with an executive protection firm, a security consultancy or a protective detail, and ground transportation is delegated. That is where we have spent twenty years — as the transport layer inside someone else’s operation.

It means we know how to take direction. Your advance dictates the route. Your detail lead sets the timing. Our chauffeurs execute it without needing to be managed, and without becoming a variable you have to account for.

EP Firms

Vetted vehicles and chauffeurs under your operational control, on your paperwork.

Missions

Direct accounts for consular staff, delegations and resident diplomatic travel.

Risk Teams

Duty-of-care transport for corporate principals travelling in elevated-risk posture.

Already hold an account with us? See Partners & Clients.

The Protocol

Seven stages between the first call and the last door closing.

Diplomatic movements fail in the seams — between the advance and the driver, between the airport and the cordon. This is the sequence we run so there are no seams to fail in.

Confidentiality

Names, routes, timings and manifests are held at the operations desk and never discussed outside it. We will execute your NDA before the brief.

Stage 01
Brief taken under NDA

The detail lead or procurement officer briefs operations directly. Confidentiality is executed first — we do not ask who the principal is until the paperwork allows us to know.

Stage 02
Vehicle configuration agreed

Armored or standard, principal car and follow vehicles, seating and capacity. Armor specification is set against the assessed requirement and discussed only with you — never published.

Stage 03
Chauffeurs named and cleared

Assignments go to chauffeurs already background-checked, certified in security and evasive driving, and protocol trained. Names and licence details are submitted for your own vetting before the movement.

Stage 04
Credentialing and liaison

Coordination with US State Department Diplomatic Security, NYPD and local law enforcement — cordon access, frozen zones, credential plates and approved holding positions, arranged before the day rather than argued at the barricade.

Stage 05
Arrival — tarmac or terminal

Tarmac and FBO access at Teterboro, JFK, Newark and Westchester, subject to authority approval, so the principal moves from aircraft steps to vehicle without a terminal. Otherwise a discreet meet inside, with the car already positioned.

Stage 06
The movement, to your direction

Your advance owns the route. Chauffeurs hold formation, keep the order of precedence at every door, and place flags correctly when the movement calls for them. Standby vehicles are held for the change that always comes.

Stage 07
Close-out, then nothing

Manifests reconciled, one invoice to the retaining firm, records held to your retention terms. No case studies, no client names, no photographs. The reason you can read this page is that we do not write about the work.

Capability

What we bring that a car service cannot.

Twenty years inside executive protection operations, not booked around them.

DS coordination

Working relationships with State Department Diplomatic Security on protected movements.

NYPD liaison

Cordon access, frozen zones and holding positions cleared with local command in advance.

UNGA week

Committed fleet and dedicated dispatch for General Assembly, booked months ahead.

Tarmac & FBO

Airside meets at Teterboro, JFK, Newark and Westchester where approval allows.

Protocol training

Flag placement, seating, order of precedence — the details a mission notices immediately.

Evasive certified

Security and evasive driving certification on every armored and diplomatic assignment.

Inbound delegations arriving commercially are handled through Airport Transfers & VIP Meet and Greet, and multi-stop official programmes through Roadshow Transportation.

Security detail holding the door of an armored vehicle on a European street
Current-model Cadillac Escalade ESV on a private tarmac beside a jet
Vehicles

Configured to the movement, not to a brochure.

Armor levels, glass and drivetrain specifications are deliberately not published. They are confirmed to the detail lead against the assessed requirement.

Vehicle Role Capacity Armor
Armored full-size SUV Principal car 4–5 passengers Specification on inquiry
Armored sedan Principal car, low profile 3 passengers Specification on inquiry
Support SUV Follow / advance vehicle 6 passengers Standard or armored
Executive van Delegation transport 10 passengers Standard
Motorcade package Multi-vehicle formation To manifest Mixed, to requirement

Certificates of insurance, TLC and DOT documentation, and chauffeur vetting files are issued to your compliance team on request.

Before You Engage

What detail leads and procurement officers ask.

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Do you work directly with embassies or through security firms?

Both. Most accounts sit with an executive protection firm, security consultancy or protective detail that holds operational control; consular staff and delegations can also hold a direct account.

What armor specifications do you offer?

Armor levels, glass and drivetrain specifications are deliberately not published. They are confirmed to the detail lead against the assessed requirement.

Are the chauffeurs security trained and vetted?

Yes. Every chauffeur on an armored or diplomatic assignment is background-checked, certified in security and evasive driving, and protocol trained, with names and licence details submitted for your own vetting before the movement.

Can you coordinate with Diplomatic Security and NYPD?

Yes — cordon access, frozen zones, credential plates and approved holding positions are arranged with US State Department Diplomatic Security, NYPD and local law enforcement before the day.

How far ahead should UNGA week be booked?

As far ahead as possible. Committed fleet and dedicated dispatch for General Assembly week is booked months ahead.

Can vehicles meet an aircraft on the tarmac?

Subject to authority approval, yes — tarmac and FBO access at Teterboro, JFK, Newark and Westchester, so the principal moves from aircraft steps to vehicle without a terminal.

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Engage

Bring us in at the advance, not the morning of.

Speak to operations directly. NDA first, brief second — and no detail of the movement leaves that conversation.

Operations desk staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Text the same number.