Cruise calls
Port Louis has a dedicated cruise terminal, an international airport under an hour away and the suppliers to provision a large ship, which makes it both a port of call and a turnaround port on Indian Ocean itineraries. Maingate Shipping coordinates cruise calls and turnarounds at Port Louis through its partner at the port.
Turnarounds are the demanding version: baggage flow, airport transfers, hotel blocks and the immigration processing of hundreds of arriving and departing passengers in one day.
Berth at the cruise terminal, advance manifests, health and immigration clearance, excursion coaches marshalled with the line's operator, and provisions, water and waste handled while passengers are ashore.
Terminal flow planned with the port and the line's ground handler, baggage handling and airport transfers to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, hotel blocks for early arrivals and late departures, and immigration processing for embarking and disembarking passengers.
Port Louis is a bunkering port, so the fuel stem is fitted into the call; crew rotations run through the airport, and technical stores and spares are landed by air and cleared for the vessel.
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.
Yes. The terminal, the airport and the hotel capacity support turnarounds, and the desk plans them with the line's ground handler.
Yes. Port Louis is an established bunkering port and the stem is fitted into the call.
Calls at Port Victoria are coordinated by the same desk; Réunion case by case.
One instruction, one account, one contact for the master and one for the principal.
Related desks on the same instruction line.
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