Offshore calls
Seismic surveys, exploration drilling, cable laying and research work bring offshore vessels to the Kenyan coast that do not fit the pattern of a cargo call. Their crews rotate on fixed schedules, their equipment moves through customs under temporary import, and their supply runs go on for weeks. Maingate Shipping acts as agent for these vessels at Mombasa and Lamu and coordinates their needs along the coast.
The desk has attended supply vessels, survey ships and research vessels, and knows the port's rules for vessels that call repeatedly, land equipment and rotate crews without loading commercial cargo.
Berth or anchorage bookings for repeat calls, fuel, water and provisions on a schedule, customs treatment for equipment under temporary import, and a standing arrangement with the port so that a supply vessel's call is a routine rather than a fresh application each time.
Offshore crews change on the operator's calendar, often in numbers. Immigration pre-clearance, airport meets, hotel blocks and transfers are arranged for the whole rotation, and the desk keeps the operator's crew coordinator informed on every movement.
Rig moves and survey campaigns involve permissions from several authorities, notices to mariners and coordination with the coast guard and fisheries. The desk prepares the applications, tracks the approvals and supports the vessel while she works.
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.
Yes. Lamu calls are handled by staff sent from Mombasa, with supplies moved by road or coastal vessel.
Yes. Equipment enters under temporary import arrangements and is re-exported at the end of the campaign, with the desk keeping the customs file.
The crewing desk in the same office supplies and rotates Kenyan seafarers with offshore certificates.
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