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Mentor Shipping Agency (Pty) Ltd. was established in 1976 and became a fully independent company when purchased by Graham Jones, Mentor's Managing Director and Sole Shareholder, in 1993.
With this independence came the urge to give our Principals worldwide a secure home base for them to want to appoint Mentor Shipping as their Agents and therefore the reason for purchasing our own building aptly called "Mentor House" with our Head Office personnel moving in on the 1st November 1994.
Representing, as "Independent Agents", over 200 Principals from around the World, including numerous prominent Ship Owners, Traders, Charterers and Operators; Mentor Shipping Agency, Head Office, is situated in Durban, with offices in Richards Bay, Cape Town, East London, Port Elizabeth and Walvis Bay in Namibia. Our Services include the regular handling of Tankers, Liners, General and Project cargo, Container vessels, numerous Bulk cargoes and Breakbulk carriers, as well as Dry Docking vessels, vessels calling purely for Bunkers, Stores etc and also "Off Port Limits" service; though out our coastline.
The fact that Mentor Shipping has offices in all the major South African ports as well as Walvis Bay has proved to be very beneficial to our Ship Owners, Operators and Traders who feel that it is very important to be able to deal with just one Ships Agency when having to call at more than one S.A. Port and our requirement is that all communications to our Coastal Offices are routed through our Durban Head Office, which ensures that the Principal concerned only has to deal with one office and that our Head Office is kept fully advised throughout the vessels call/s.
Graham started in shipping in 1970, as a ships operator at the age of 20 years old, working for Freight Services. In 1977 he joined Combine Cargo, as the ships agency manager. Combine Cargo later became Combine Ocean and in 1980 Graham was promoted to assistant branch manager. In 1989 as the branch manager of Combine Ocean, Graham left to take over as the managing director of Mentor Shipping which at that time was part of the Devonia Shipping (Pty) Ltd Group.
In April 1993 he gained sole ownership of Mentor shipping and the company has be run as an independent ships agency since, under the sole ownership of Graham Jones. Graham's passion for the shipping industry and exceptional high standards of personalized service, has given him the reputation of being one of the top Ships Agents along the African coast line.
Darryl started working at Mentor Shipping in December 1994, as a ships operator. In 1999 he was promoted to operations manager and in 2003 took over the operations of the accounts department and overseeing the ships operations, which lead to his appointment as general manager in 2005. Darryl over the years has become involved in the promotion and marketing of Mentor Shipping, both locally and internationally, making visits to Mentors' numerous Principals worldwide.
