Cargo operations
Cargo handling at Mombasa is performed by the port's stevedores and equipment, and a vessel's discharge rate depends on how well the gangs, the gear, the receiver's trucks and the hatch sequence are planned together. Maingate Shipping coordinates stevedoring and cargo handling at Mombasa for owners, charterers and receivers, as part of the port call or on a separate instruction.
The desk does not employ the stevedores; it books them, plans with them and records what they do.
Discharge or loading plan agreed with the master, the stevedores and the receiver, gang numbers and shifts booked to the plan, grabs, hoppers, slings and lifting gear confirmed for the cargo, and quay space and truck flow arranged with the port.
Boarding officer on the quay, daily figures reconciled between ship, stevedores and receiver, stoppages recorded with reasons, hatch sequencing adjusted with the master, and damage noted at the hook.
Lashing and securing gangs for breakbulk and project cargo, dunnage and lashing material sourced, and lifting plans for heavy and awkward pieces agreed with the port's heavy lift equipment where the ship's gear is not used.
Maingate Shipping Limited, Mombasa: ship agents at Kenyan ports since 2020, crew managers and recruiters of Kenyan seafarers, ship brokers for the East African trades, and the coordinating desk for port calls across Africa. The office at Express Building on Moi Avenue is a short drive from Kilindini Harbour and Moi International Airport, which is why crew, spares and cash reach vessels at Mombasa without a wasted hour.
The company works for owners, charterers, managers, traders, lines, clubs and fleets, and puts its terms, its DAs and its reports in writing.
The port's stevedores and equipment; the desk books and coordinates them and records the operation.
Yes. Lashing gangs and material are arranged and the securing is checked with the master.
At the port's tariff, at cost with receipts, in the DA or on a separate cargo account as the principal prefers.
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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