{"id":7147,"date":"2018-08-13T06:29:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T06:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=7147"},"modified":"2018-08-13T07:08:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T07:08:18","slug":"mainport-group-acquired-approvals-kenya-uganda-mozambique-inspection-rigsite-lifting-equipment-training-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/mainport-group-acquired-approvals-kenya-uganda-mozambique-inspection-rigsite-lifting-equipment-training-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainport Group Acquires Approvals In Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique For Inspection of Rigsite Lifting Equipment &#038; Training Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mainport, the UK Training and Inspection Group, has recently achieved further certifications for their services provided to the East African Oil and Gas sector. The Group has regional companies operating in Uganda, Mozambique and Kenya providing a range of training and inspection to the oil and gas sector. Recent achievements include ISO 9001, full Membership of LEEA (The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) and achievement of LEEA Accredited Training Company status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur teams deserve high praise for the achievement of these highly respected standards. The Group can now offer a wide range of training and inspection to international standards supported by the quality assurance of these certifications. Low level activity in the sector over the past few years has been an opportunity to develop our personnel and business credentials which will put us in good stead when the upturn arrives,\u201d stated Chris Hancock, Regional Director.<\/p>\n<p>Mainport provide a range of oilfield related services including training and inspection for activities such as Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment, NDT inspection, Driver Training, NEBOSH Training and various Health and Safety qualifications. The East Africa region is serviced by offices in Nairobi (Kenya), Kampala (Uganda) and Pemba (Mozambique).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mainport, the UK Training and Inspection Group, has recently achieved further certifications for their services provided to the East African Oil and Gas sector. The Group has regional companies operating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/mainport-group-acquired-approvals-kenya-uganda-mozambique-inspection-rigsite-lifting-equipment-training-services\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[6971,1141,1252,6968,3718,6969,6967,1636,6970,6972,2603],"class_list":["post-7147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-driver-training","tag-inspection","tag-kenya","tag-lifting","tag-lifting-equipment","tag-lifting-operations","tag-mainport","tag-mozambique","tag-ndt-inspection","tag-nebosh-training","tag-uganda","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mainport-training.png?fit=278%2C330&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1Rh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2100,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/4th-oil-gas-africa-international-trade-exhibition-set-for-nairobi-in-april-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":7147,"position":0},"title":"4th Oil &#038; Gas Africa International Trade Exhibition set for Nairobi in April 2015","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"December 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The 4th Oil & Gas Africa International Trade Exhibition is set to happen in April 2015 in Nairobi bringing together key players in the oil and gas community from around the world. 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