Europe · Las Palmas

Ship Chandler Software for
Las Palmas

Ship chandlers serving Las Palmas use Tidal to turn RFQ emails into priced quotes in under 30 minutes, matched to their own catalogue and margin rules. Send us one real RFQ and we will quote it with you on a 30 minute call.

  • Built for ship chandlers and marine suppliers who quote vessels calling at Las Palmas
  • One AI-native ERP for RFQs, quotes, purchase orders, invoices and stock, matched to your own catalogue and margin rules
  • You approve every line before the quote goes out. Live in about a week, no IT team needed

Get a live demo on one of your own RFQs

Leave your work email and company. We reply within one business day to set up 30 minutes, then quote a real RFQ from Las Palmas with you.

Looking for a ship chandler in Las Palmas, or selling to us? Read this first.

Software for the chandlers who supply Las Palmas, not a chandler

Tidal is quoting software. Ship chandlers and marine suppliers use it to answer buyer RFQs faster. We do not supply vessels ourselves.

A good fit if you

  • Run a chandlery or marine supply business serving vessels at Las Palmas
  • Retype buyer RFQs into spreadsheets or your ERP before you can price them
  • Lose orders because a faster supplier answered first
  • Want consistent prices and margins on every quote, whoever prepares it

Not the right page if you

  • Need provisions or stores delivered to a vessel. Tidal does not supply ships, please contact a local chandler or your ship agent.
  • Want to sell products or services to Tidal. The demo form is for chandlers and suppliers looking at the software.
  • Are looking for a job. Please see the Agility careers page.

From buyer RFQ to priced quote, on your own catalogue

What changes for a Las Palmas chandler on the first day with Tidal.

  1. 1

    RFQ arrives

    By email, PDF, Excel or a portal export. Tidal reads every line, including vague descriptions and missing codes.

  2. 2

    Lines matched

    Each line is matched to your own catalogue and item codes, with unclear lines flagged for your team.

  3. 3

    Priced your way

    Your supplier prices, client tiers and margin rules are applied. You review and approve every line.

  4. 4

    Quote goes out

    Send the quote, turn it into a sales order, then check supplier invoices against it when they arrive.

A real quote, priced line by line

Quote Desk showing a generated quote with each line priced from the catalogue
Quote Desk: each RFQ line matched to the catalogue and priced, ready for your approval.

Quote Desk

Turns buyer RFQs into priced quotes and sales orders from your own catalogue and supplier prices.

See Quote Desk

Invoice Capture

Reads supplier invoices from a photo or PDF and checks them against the order before they reach your accounts.

See Invoice Capture

Meet us at IMPA Singapore

Stand SUZ 4, Suntec, 24 to 25 November 2026. Bring an RFQ and see it priced.

Plan your visit

How a Singapore Based Ship Chandler Cut RFQ Response Time From 36 Hours to Under 3

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Las Palmas port seen from La Isleta, Gran Canaria
Photo: Glen Bowman (CC BY 2.0)

An Atlantic crossroads where ships stop for fuel, stores and repairs between Europe, Africa and the Americas

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria sits on the main shipping lanes between Europe, West Africa and South America, and the Puerto de la Luz has served passing ships for well over a century. Vessels call here to bunker, take on provisions, change crew and carry out repairs, and the port is one of the main bunkering stops in the eastern Atlantic. Offshore rigs and drillships also come in for maintenance between contracts.

For a ship supplier that means a steady stream of short calls by ships that are not from here and will not stay long. Many requests arrive while a vessel is still at sea, with an ETA and a long list of provisions, deck and engine stores. The Canary Islands also have their own tax regime, separate from mainland Spain, which shapes pricing and paperwork. Speed and clarity win the order.

Time zone
WET, UTC+0 (UTC+1 in summer)
Business languages
Spanish, with English common in port business
Working week
Monday to Friday
mid ocean supply hub
Atlantic
gateway off NW Africa
Canary Is.

Business culture

Business in Las Palmas is done in Spanish, with English widely used by agents, chandlers and repair yards dealing with foreign ships. Relationships with agents and owners' representatives count, and many deals rest on years of repeat calls. The working day often runs later than in northern Europe, with a lunch break. WhatsApp and phone are normal for urgent orders. Carnival and the summer holidays change the rhythm.

Port and maritime heritage

Columbus stopped in Gran Canaria in 1492 on his first voyage west, and the islands became a staging post for Atlantic crossings. The modern Puerto de la Luz was designed by the engineer Juan León y Castillo, and building began in 1883, when coal steamers needed a reliable stop. British coaling firms helped make it a major fuelling station, a role it kept as ships moved to oil.

Local market

Demand comes from bunker calls, container and reefer traffic, fishing fleets, cruise ships in winter and offshore units in for repair. Many vessels are on tight schedules, so buyers want a full quote fast, clear substitutions when an item is not in stock and delivery timed to the bunkering window. Agents often handle several ships at once and favour suppliers who make their job easy.

Working with us from Las Palmas

It starts with a remote 30 minute demo on one of your own RFQs, priced from your own catalogue. Setup takes about a week, uses your catalogue and margin rules, and needs no IT team. India is 5.5 hours ahead of Las Palmas in winter and 4.5 in summer, so our day overlaps your morning, roughly 9am to 1pm, or 2pm in summer.

Common questions from Las Palmas ship chandlers

How does Tidal help ship chandlers in Las Palmas?
Ship chandlers in Las Palmas 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 your own catalogue 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 Las Palmas?
Yes. Tidal is built for the full ship supply workflow in Las Palmas, 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 Las Palmas?
Yes. Beyond chandling, Tidal supports maritime procurement in Las Palmas 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.

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Send us one RFQ from Las Palmas

We will quote it with Tidal on a 30 minute call, line by line against your own catalogue, so you can compare it with how long it takes your team today.

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