Offshore calls
Pointe-Noire is the operational base for the Congolese offshore oil fields, and supply vessels, anchor handlers, crew boats and construction vessels make up much of its traffic. Maingate Shipping coordinates offshore vessel agency at Pointe-Noire through its partner at the port, for operators and vessel owners who want one desk for their West African campaign.
Offshore work runs in French, on the operators' procedures, and the desk reports to the principal in English with the local detail handled by the partner.
Berth slots at the supply base, port formalities for repeat calls, fuel and water, deck cargo and equipment through customs under the project's regime, and coordination with the operator's logistics team so that vessel and cargo meet.
Rotations through Pointe-Noire's airport, immigration pre-clearance for multinational crews, transfers and hotel blocks, and crew boat schedules aligned with the field's shift changes.
Rig moves and construction campaigns supported with permits and notices, bunkers stemmed at Pointe-Noire for vessels on rotation, and spares landed by air and cleared for the vessel.
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. The partner at the port coordinates berth slots and cargo with the base and the operator's logistics team.
Yes. The airport is close to the port and rotations are pre-cleared with immigration.
Yes, on the same instruction through our partners there.
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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