Grain calls
Wheat for Kenya's millers, maize for the region in deficit years, rice in bags and sorghum for relief programmes all arrive at Mombasa by bulk carrier. Maingate Shipping attends these vessels at the grain silo berths and the conventional berths, for owners, charterers, millers, traders and the relief agencies whose cargo moves through the port.
Grain discharge at Mombasa is governed by the silo's intake capacity, the phytosanitary inspection and fumigation clearance, and the receiver's evacuation by rail and road. The desk manages the sequence so that the vessel discharges without interruption.
Bulk wheat and maize discharge to the silos by pneumatic and mechanical intake; bagged rice and sorghum discharge at the conventional berths to trucks. The desk books the berth that suits the cargo and the receiver's plan and confirms the intake or truck capacity before arrival.
Phytosanitary inspection, fumigation certificates, standards sampling and customs release are completed before or at arrival so that the first grab is not delayed by a document. Where fumigation in the holds is required at Mombasa, the desk arranges the licensed fumigator and the port's safety clearance.
Food aid cargoes for the region come with their own documentary and inspection regime and with receivers who track every tonne. The desk has attended these calls for years and keeps the reporting the agencies expect.
Maingate Shipping Limited is a ship agency, crew management and ship brokerage company based at Express Building on Moi Avenue in Mombasa, Kenya, serving vessels at Kenyan ports since 2020 and coordinating port calls across Africa through its agency line. The company attends bulk carriers, tankers, container ships, car carriers, cruise ships, fishing, offshore and naval vessels at Mombasa and Lamu, places Kenyan seafarers with owners worldwide, and fixes dry bulk, tanker and project tonnage for East African cargoes.
One instruction to the desk covers the port call, the crew, the fuel and the account, and the same office answers the master and the principal at any hour.
The rate depends on the silo intake and the receiver's evacuation; the desk gives a current estimate for each vessel rather than a fixed figure.
Yes, at different berths in sequence, and the desk plans the shift and the second berth in advance.
Yes. Transit documentation and rail or road evacuation are coordinated with the receiver's clearing agent.
Receipts behind every line, a record behind every stoppage, a desk behind every call.
Related desks on the same instruction line.
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