Hold Cleaning at Sea
Cleaning that happens while you are already earning — zero port time lost
THE SERVICE
Riding Crew Cleaning
Certified teams that sail with the vessel and complete every hold on passage — zero port time lost.
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The most economical hold cleaning is the cleaning that costs you no port time at all. Our riding crews join at the discharge port, sail with the vessel, and work through the ballast passage so the holds are finished before the load port pilot is even ordered.
Riding crews carry full seafarer documentation, medicals and flag-state paperwork, and integrate with the ship's safety management system from the moment they board. They work under the master's authority and to the ship's permit-to-work regime throughout.
Why Choose Sea Cleaning
- •Vessel loses zero commercial time to cleaning
- •Fully documented seafarers — STCW, medicals, visas, flag endorsements
- •Work continues in transit, weather permitting
- •Holds arrive at load port ready for inspection
- •Crew can disembark at load port or continue for further voyages
Service Scope
- • Team sizes from 4 to 20 depending on holds and passage length
- • Complete hold preparation on passage
- • Hatch cover and coaming work
- • Bilge and drainage systems cleaning
- • Additional deck work (chipping, priming) where passage allows
How It Works
1. Documentation: We prepare crew documents, flag-state approvals and visas well ahead so boarding is never the bottleneck.
2. Joining: The crew boards at discharge port and completes familiarisation with the ship.
3. Passage work: Hold cleaning proceeds under the ship's permit-to-work system throughout the voyage.
4. Arrival ready: Holds are complete and inspection-ready when the vessel reaches load port.
We always ready to serve you.
Tell us the vessel, the port and the window. You get a scope, a crew size and an honest duration — usually the same working day.