Regional desk
Mauritius, the Seychelles, Madagascar and the Comoros sit on the routes between the Cape, the Gulf and Asia and at the centre of the western Indian Ocean tuna fishery. Their ports serve cruise ships, container feeders, bunker-only calls, crew changes and fishing fleets as much as island cargo. Maingate Shipping coordinates calls at Port Louis, Port Victoria, Toamasina and Moroni through its Africa agency line, from a desk that also attends Mombasa, the fleets' other regional port.
For a fishing fleet, a cruise operator or a vessel on the Cape route, this is one desk for the islands and the mainland.
Port Louis in Mauritius, Port Victoria on Mahé in the Seychelles, Toamasina in Madagascar, and Moroni with Mutsamudu in the Comoros. Each port has its own desk in this cluster with its terminals, cargoes and services.
Purse seiners and longliners rotate crews, provision and transship at Port Victoria and Port Louis, and reefer carriers collect the catch. The desk coordinates licensing formalities, crew changes and transshipment across the islands and Mombasa.
Cruise itineraries link the islands with Zanzibar and Mombasa, and vessels on the Cape passage call Port Louis for bunkers and crew. The desk plans these calls as one itinerary with the mainland ports.
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. Fleet agreements covering the islands and Mombasa are set up with a DA per call on one account.
Yes, through our partners at each port with passenger clearance and shore excursion liaison coordinated with the line.
Calls at the French islands are coordinated case by case with partners there.
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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