Posted: April 17th, 2015

Maritime Business(Shipment route & transport method)

Maritime Business(Shipment route & transport method)

Mega Marble Hellas previously manufactured reproduction classical marble statues in a quiet village north of Athens, Greece. However in August 2012 they relocated their factory to Kuching, Malaysia. The majority of their customers remain in Greece selling the statues to tourist. However they have a new customer Kasner GmbH, surprisingly located in Hamburg, Germany. Nikos Maniatakis, Mega sales manager, has heard that Kasner GmbH are a disreputable customer with a poor payment record and is wary of trading with them. Business is however very bad at the moment and he does need the order. Nikos knows you are studying Maritime business and asks if you can advise him. What would be your advise to Nikos? For my part of this presentation i have the follows: 1) Select an appropriate shipment route 2)Transport method. 3) A general conclusion.