Services
Shipping & Port Coordination
Documentation and liaison with shipping lines and port operations, keeping paperwork and cargo movements in step.
A container moves when the paperwork says it can. Delivery orders, manifests, vessel schedules, port releases, and the free-time clock all sit with different parties, and cargo waits the moment one of them falls out of step with the others. Very few storage bills are actually caused by cargo. Most are caused by a document.
Britex holds that coordination so the consignee does not have to hold it themselves. We work with shipping lines, their agents, and port operations from vessel arrival through to gate-out, which is what keeps a documentation problem from quietly turning into a demurrage problem.
At a glance
- 11+
- years on the Mombasa gateway
- 10,000+
- containers handled to date
- 1
- point of contact, start to finish
- 13
- countries served
What port coordination covers
Documentation and liaison with shipping lines and port operations, keeping your cargo's paperwork and movements in step.
Shipping line liaison
Delivery orders, releases, and correspondence handled directly with the line or its agent, in their format and to their timing.
Vessel and cut-off monitoring
Arrivals, berthing, and export cut-offs tracked so cargo is presented when it needs to be, not when it is convenient.
Port documentation
Manifests, releases, and gate documentation prepared and followed through to the point the container actually moves.
Free-time watch
Demurrage and detention monitored against each container, and flagged before the charge starts rather than after.
Export booking coordination
Bookings aligned with loading, haulage, and the cut-off, so an export makes its intended vessel.
One point of contact
The line, the port, and the station coordinated by the same team that is handling your cargo, not by three separate ones.
How coordination runs
- 01
Vessel or booking confirmed
Arrival details or an export booking come in and the timeline is set against the cut-off.
- 02
Documentation prepared
Delivery orders, manifests, and releases assembled and lodged with the line and the port.
- 03
Release obtained
The container is released and scheduled for movement, with free time tracked from that moment.
- 04
Moved to station or port
The box goes to the nominated CFS for handling, or to the terminal for loading, in step with the documents.
Who this is for
Importers and exporters
Cargo owners who would rather not learn the Port of Mombasa's documentation flow themselves.
Shipping lines and agents
A responsive counterpart at the gateway for releases, returns, and station nominations.
Freight forwarders
Local coordination and follow-through when your own team is not at the port.
Regional shippers
Transit cargo that has to clear the gateway cleanly before the corridor leg begins.
Other services
Have cargo at the port? Let’s move it.
Tell us what’s coming in or going out and we’ll handle it end to end: port coordination, haulage, and delivery.