ASAP was founded in 2000 to supply goods and provisions to ships and vessels visiting Mozambique’s main ports. Since then our company has developed into one of the largest and most respected suppliers to the maritime industry in the country.
With offices and bonded warehouses in Maputo, Beira, Pemba and Nacala, we are able to offer its services from all the major ports in Mozambique.
In May 2014 Edgebold DMCC became the majority owner of ASAP. Edgebold has a proven record of operating, funding and developing companies in Mozambique and the SADC region. Under Edgebold’s guidance ASAP growth accelerated rapidly and we opened more offices as well as larger and better equipped warehouses to better service our increasing client base.
Under the guidance of Edgebold, ASAP has also developed a significant wholesale distribution network to supply goods and provisions to inland customers in addition to our traditional offshore ships and vessel supply. Because of the scale of the Company’s operations we have been able to scale up the size of our purchases which have allowed us to pass the subsequent cost savings to our customers.
As growth in ASAP has accelerated, we have been carefully to invest in the size and skill set of our workforce which has allowed us to coordinate the purchase and importation of a wide range of goods from international suppliers effectively and efficiently.
Throughout its growth ASAP has continued to support a wide range of local producers and suppliers of food and provisions. Our local supply chains allow us to ensure we are always able to supply the highest quality of goods and provisions reliably and cost effectively.
Although the supply of food and provisions continue to make up the majority of ASAP’s sales, the Company has recently increased the range of goods it sells. We now offer a wide range of office supplies. Because we have developed our knowledge of how to import effectively we are also often engaged by our customers to import unique goods on an ad hoc basis.
ASAP also offers its customers both bonded and regular secure warehousing and storage facilities in every main port in Mozambique.
