Grain Bulk Handlers Limited Grain Bulk Handlers Limited is tasked with providing a cost effective handling solution for grain cargo in East and Central Africa
Grain House, the headquarters of GBHL in Mombasa
The history behind Grain Bulk Handlers Limited (GBHL) is a story of 30 years of dedication by a man known as Mohamed Jaffer who is the Chairman who saw the need to revolutionize the handling of bulk grain imports at the Port of Mombasa. This ambitious project was conceived at a time when the handling of bulk grain imports at Mombasa involved the combined use of grabs, vacuvators and mobile bagging plants situated at the quayside. This mode of handling was characterized by: Low vessel discharge rates, heavy spillage
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during discharge operations, heavy dust emission and poor accounting for discharged quantities thus making the port very expensive for bulk grain importers as well as ship operators/owners.
has continued to be committed to providing efficient and cost effective handling solutions for grain cargo which are transported within East & Central Africa including Great Lakes, Southern Sudan and Somalia.
The building of GBHL’s state of the art dry bulk cargo handling facility was financed by various International lending agencies and venture capitalists at the tune of US$35 million. Project construction commenced in December 1998, completed in February 2000 and commissioned in March 2000.
The facility is recognized by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) as the specialized bulk grain handling terminal at the port. It is also gazetted by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to handle “unentered cargo”. GBHL is ISO certified (ISO 9001:2008) and ISPS Code compliant which is a member of the International Association of Ports & Harbours (IAPH).
Since its inception in the year 2000 GBHL
The facility handles commercial and relief consignments for clienteles such as millers, traders and NGOs among others in East & Central Africa including Great Lakes, Southern Sudan and Somalia GBHL has 250 permanent skilled staff and 1000 pax per day contracted labourers. It’s facilities comprises of a vessel handling facility, a bulk transit terminal, a bulk storage terminal, a rail siding, bagged warehousing and local transportation. The vessel handling facility comprises 3 Buhler ‘Portalino’ Ship Discharge machines with a combined capacity of 1,000mts per Best of Kenya
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