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How Our Company Operates.
The client makes an order to MLT by mentioning what they want to import through MLT services, who they want to import it from, and what quantity they are looking for. MLT contacts the suppliers ( dealers/ factory) and makes quotations for the client and the client transfers the payment to MLT after approval of the quotation.
Commodities whose importation has been approved, after the supplier has received payment from MLT, are sent to MLT warehouse in China, packaged and sealed, and when there is an available boat at the port the commodities are shipped immediately but if the boat is not available there may be tardiness in shipping for a short period of time.
The cargo is then dispatched to either the port of Dar es Salaam or Mombasa according to the client’s preferences, after unloading the boat of the cargo, the MLT contact person contacts the client to obtain a commercial invoice for the port declaration to transport the commodities from the port to MLT vehicles after the provision of a delivery order. Then the commodities are taken to the final destination in Rwanda which can be Kigali, Rusizi, or Rubavu.
Commodities that enter the country are taken for warehousing at different warehouses in Kigali namely Magerwa, DP World, Bollore, and Heart of Africa) warehouse as per the client’s requests. After reaching the designated warehouse before unloading there is the analysis of the seal imposed on the commodities and remove to show the client their commodities. When there is a single client for a container the deal ends when Messenger shows the client their product and it’s done. When it’s a group of different clients in one container, all clients should be available during the unloading to check their commodities.
Messenger provides different documents including Bill of loading, Packing list, House Bill for clearance before the client gets their cargo. After unloading there is creation of an arrival notice to show what the client received and confirm that they have received what has been received or not. After that there is the process of change of ownership from Messenger to the clients name and then the client is able to do declaration and the process ends there as the client is now left with paying taxes to customs, pay warehouse, and then after there is general analysis of the amount of money the client is going to pay in total. Before the warehouse releases the commodities they follow up with a messenger for approval and the client receives their commodities ( Laisez-suivre).