Africa · Lagos

Ship Chandler Software for
Lagos

Tidal automates the entire RFQ workflow for ship chandlers and suppliers serving vessels at Lagos. Email to quote in under 30 minutes, no manual entry, no missed margins.

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The Market

Why do Lagos ship chandlers need faster quoting?

Lagos is West Africa's largest commercial hub and the primary gateway to the Gulf of Guinea. The Apapa and Tin Can Island ports, together with the new Lekki Deep Sea Port, handle containers, general cargo and a large offshore oil-and-gas support sector. With heavy vessel traffic and a busy offshore industry calling for stores, spares and provisions, chandlers serving Lagos compete on how fast they can turn an RFQ into a quote.

70%

faster RFQ turnaround from day one

$100K+

labor cost recovered per year

1 week

to go live, no IT team needed

The Platform

What does Tidal do for Lagos ship chandlers?

Tidal is an AI-native RFQ automation platform built specifically for ship chandlers. It automates the full RFQ-to-profit cycle, from email inbox through quote generation, confirmed orders, purchase orders, vendor invoice reconciliation, and P&L reporting. Designed for high-volume chandling where a single RFQ can carry 800+ line items and night and weekend arrivals are routine, Tidal responds to every RFQ, even the 2am vessel arrival, before your competitor's team reaches the office.

AI RFQ Extraction

Reads incoming RFQs from email, PDF, Excel, or plain text, and extracts every line item automatically. No manual copy-paste.

IMPA / ISSA Matching

Matches items to catalogue codes at 90%+ accuracy. Handles 800+ line item RFQs in under 30 minutes, the same time manual teams spend reading the email.

Margin Protection

Your pricing rules and client-specific tiers are applied automatically. Zero pricing errors since go-live across all Tidal customers.

Full P&L Visibility

Confirmed orders, PO generation, vendor invoice reconciliation, and profit reporting per RFQ and per vessel. Complete financial visibility at the transaction level.

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Port Context

About the Port of Lagos

Lagos handles containers, general cargo and offshore support across the Apapa, Tin Can Island and Lekki Deep Sea ports on the Gulf of Guinea. Primary vessel types include container ships, general cargo vessels, tankers and offshore support vessels. As West Africa's main gateway, it sees strong competition among ship chandlers and suppliers, where the speed and accuracy of quoting decide the order.

Gulf of Guinea

West Africa's main gateway

Lekki

new deep-sea port

<30m

Tidal quote time

FAQ

Common questions from Lagos ship chandlers

How does Tidal help ship chandlers in Lagos?

Ship chandlers in Lagos field RFQs for stores, spares and provisions that can run to hundreds of line items. Tidal reads each incoming email, extracts every line, matches it to IMPA and ISSA codes at 90%+ accuracy, and prices it against your margin rules, turning a quote that took days into one produced in under 30 minutes. Respond first and you win the order.

Can Tidal handle ship supply and provisioning for vessels calling Lagos?

Yes. Tidal is built for the full ship supply workflow in Lagos, from provisions and bonded stores to engine spares and deck equipment. It handles RFQs with 800 or more line items, applies your client-specific pricing automatically, and runs standalone from your Outlook or Gmail inbox or integrated with ShipNet and Bassnet, with go-live in about one week.

Does Tidal work for maritime procurement teams in Lagos?

Yes. Beyond chandling, Tidal supports maritime procurement in Lagos with order management, PO generation, invoice reconciliation and profit-and-loss reporting per RFQ and per vessel. Buyers and fleet operators get one live picture of spend and margin, with nothing to install on site and no local office required.

Ship Chandler Software forLagos

Why do Lagos ship chandlers need faster quoting?

What does Tidal do for Lagos ship chandlers?

About the Port of Lagos

Common questions from Lagos ship chandlers

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Ship Chandler Software for
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