Our founding shareholders include twelve ship-owners: eleven from seven different European countries and one based in Kenya. The ship-owners were keen to ensure their ships received professional shipping agency services in Seychelles. We provide a complete range of liner agency, port agency, crew transfer and ancillary services. We are proud to continue to represent many of the world’s leading shipping lines.
Our customers benefit from the experience and local knowledge of our professional team and our long-established relationships with ship-owners and operators, port authorities and other maritime stakeholders to guarantee the highest levels of service.
As an expert ship’s agent built by ship-owners for ship-owners and today managed by a team with unrivalled experience in Seychelles, we understand what is important to vessel owners, charterers and operators.

We have a wide range of shipping agency experience and expertise in various segments in the shipping industry. We provide services such as; port and husbandry services, looking after the requirements of the Master and their crew, ship clearance procedures with the port and
respective authorities, preparation and submission of appropriate documentation, along with releasing or receiving cargo.

In addition, we go the extra mile by assisting with logistical arrangements such as crew change, transportation, accommodation and health care for the crew and passengers on board the vessels. We also offer de-grouping services and issue Container Release (Delivery Order), indicating vital container collection information. Furthermore, our dedicated team prepares vessel schedules which is then shared with the responsible parties and respective clients.

Mahe Shipping also has a wide experience in Liner Agency e.g., with UAFL, DAL as well as working with NVOCC’s such as Masterglobal, Freight Links, CAF just to name a few. We also provide our staff are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to ensure a fast, efficient turnaround for ships calling at Port Victoria. For more information, contact us and we would be delighted to discuss your own special requirements.

Cargo Vessels

Cruiseships & Yachts

Tankers

Other Vessels
We offer a comprehensive range of services to liner vessels calling at Seychelles, with connections to South Africa, East Africa, the Middle East, Far East, Europe and beyond. Our staff are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to ensure a fast, efficient turnaround for ships calling at Port Victoria. Contact us for the latest sailing schedules and routes.
Mahe Shipping act as agents for many companies including Cunard, Holland America Line, Noble Caledonia, P&O Princess Cruises, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Special Expeditions and many more. We go beyond the normal suite of agency services expected from a shipping agent and are able to offer specialist advice on itineraries, arrange permission to visit islands, arrange inward clearance at islands other than Mahe and much more.

We also act as agents for visiting yachts, and we can arrange both inward and outward clearance with authorities at islands (other than Mahe) where there is an airstrip, most frequently Praslin, Desroches, Alphonse or Assumption. A manual of useful information for visiting yachts can be downloaded here and you are welcome to contact us for further information.
Mahe Shipping handle the most calls at Seychelles by product tankers serving the Seychelles islands. Our directors include a former CEO of Seychelles Petroleum and the company was for a time a tanker owner itself. We also handle vessels associated with the on-going oil exploration business in Seychelles.
Research & Supply vessels etc.: Mahe Shipping has handled a variety of research vessels involved in seismic surveys, oil exploration, oceanographic research and so on.

Naval Vessels: The strategic location of Seychelles in the Western Indian Ocean has meant regular calls by naval vessels at Port Victoria. We have unrivaled experience at handling naval calls and dealing with a range of requirements for visiting navies including everything from provisioning to arrangements for rest and recuperation.

Fishing Vessels: Over the years, we have provided comprehensive and high quality services in Seychelles to the Japanese and Taiwanese Fishing Vessels.  We also provide services to reefer vessels loading tuna.

Cable laying vessels: Mahe Shipping is well versed with handling cable laying vessels and coordinating this type of project with different local and international stakeholders involved. Consequently, Mahe Shipping has been the agent for the two vessels that have laid the first and second fiber optic cables which have landed in Beau Vallon and Ile Perseverance Seychelles.
For more information, contact us and we would be delighted to discuss your own special requirements.
Contact details: ops@maheship.sc; docs@maheship.sc

Other Services

Customs Brokerage & Logistics

​We are a logistic service provider, handling all types of cargo. Services include customs clearance, delivery & warehousing.

Freight Forwarding

We facilitate the coordination of shipment of goods to your customer base, by organizing a more flexible shipping process of your goods from one destination to another.

Courier Services

We offer courier services as agents for UPS, offering prompt parcel & document delivery for both businesses & private individuals.