Security desk
Security at a port call is the master's responsibility and the port facility's requirement, and both are met more easily with a local desk that knows the facility's rules and the contractors licensed to work inside it. Maingate Shipping arranges port security and ISPS services at Mombasa for vessels at berth and anchorage.
The desk handles the declaration of security with the port facility, supplies licensed guards where the vessel's security level or the owner's policy calls for them, and arranges stowaway searches before departure.
Gangway watch and access control by licensed security personnel, guards at berth and on launches at anchorage, and coordination with the port facility security officer on the vessel's security level and the facility's requirements.
Stowaway searches with search teams and dogs before departure, with a certificate for the master, and pre-boarding screening of passengers and visitors for cruise and passenger calls.
Declaration of security completed with the port facility, security incident reporting to the owner and the authorities, and liaison with the port police and the coast guard where a call requires it.
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, with search teams before departure and a certificate for the master.
Yes, with licensed personnel and launch transport.
The master and the port facility security officer, with the desk coordinating the form and the vessel's security level.
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