Good Morning all
Trust that you are all well.
We have been invited to tender on the Ambatovy business for global cross trades (both AIR & SEA) into Madagascar and we require your assistance in securing this bid please.
The current scope is the complete supply chain ex supplier to the mine sites in Madagascar.
Ambatovy’s sea freight shipments are done on a buyer’s consolidation basis. This client does have contracts in place with the shipping lines we therefore need to ensure that our pricing is super competitive.
The shipping lines whom service the port of Toamasina are MSC, Seaclad and Safmarine/Maersk. If you are aware of any other shipping lines whom call Toamasina please can you secure their rates as well, more options the better.
The air freight is usually shipped via Johannesburg/Europe therefore if you are unable to source air freight rates directly to Antananarivo please can you provide your rates to Johannesburg airport, but please remember that this should be a last resort. We need to please explore all possible options here.
SAA, Air Madagascar, and AF/KLM have a service to Antananarivo so a good start would be to check with them.
I have attached the tender document and the rate matrix which is required to be completed with your NET rates please. We will ensure that we mark-up for mutual profit sharing.
The BSC document for those of you who are unaware is a pre-requisite for any shipment that is destined to Madagascar. If you unable to assist with this we can manage this process from South Africa.
This is a really nice account have on board and we really appreciate your full support on this tender.
Thank you.
Sandesh