Sharjah · AEHAM

Hold Cleaning at Hamriyah Port

Holds ready for the next fixture at Hamriyah Port — an offshore and fabrication port with a large idle fleet.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo holds at Hamriyah Port (AEHAM), Sharjah — shore gangs alongside, riding crews on the passage out, and IRATA rope access teams for the upper hold. The standard is the one the next fixture demands, and the residue and washings are disposed of to MARPOL Annex V rather than left with the master.

Hamriyah is Sharjah's free-zone and energy port, handling steel, oil and gas project cargo, aggregates and liquid bulk, with a large resident fleet of offshore support vessels and barges. That resident fleet, rather than the transiting traffic, is the regular user of in-water cleaning and tank work here.

Working conditions at Hamriyah

Work here runs both alongside and at anchorage depending on the call, and on the passage out where neither gives enough time. The shamal sets the outer limits of the calendar, through the winter months and again in early summer, and it affects the anchorage far more than the berth. The larger constraint here is heat. Between June and September, working temperatures inside a cargo hold or a tank at this port routinely exceed anything a full shift can be worked in, so enclosed-space work runs to shortened cycles with enforced rest, forced ventilation and more people than the same job needs in winter. Pricing a Gulf summer tank entry on a winter productivity assumption is the most common way these jobs overrun. Access approval runs through Sharjah Ports Authority and the terminal, and the disposal route for residues and washings is fixed before the gang boards rather than found afterwards.

Where we work: Free zone berths · Oil and gas quays · Bulk berths · Anchorage
Vessels we see here: General cargo and project vessels · Handysize bulk carriers · Offshore support vessels and barges · Product and chemical tankers

Hold Cleaning scopes at Hamriyah

3 scopes, one team and one mobilisation. Most vessels calling here take more than one on the same attendance.

Planning the window at Hamriyah

The shamal governs the calendar at Hamriyah Port, through the winter months and again in early summer. The shamal is a wind and sea-state problem rather than a rain one: it builds short, steep seas across the shallow Gulf that stop anchorage work while berths stay usable. Some vessels sit and some turn straight round, so the plan is agreed against the actual call rather than a standard package: a shore gang alongside where there is time, a riding crew on the outward passage where there is not.

Teams mobilise via Sharjah (SHJ) or Dubai (DXB), so give us the ETA as early as you have it — the travel is the flexible part, the approvals and the working window are not.

What we typically find at Hamriyah

Hold and space work at Hamriyah is mostly offshore support tonnage and project carriers: void spaces, cargo rails, deck cargo areas and bulk tanks rather than a bulk residue clean. Vessels here often sit between charters, which gives a proper job the time it needs instead of the time a berth allows.

The standing residues at Hamriyah Port are steel and project cargo, oil and gas equipment, aggregates and dry bulk — the dusty, abrasive kind that films every surface and packs into frames, brackets and the tank-top margins. Anything following into a clean or food-grade cargo needs the full sequence: sweep, wash, rinse and dry, not a hose down.

How we deliver it at Hamriyah

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the last and next cargo and the window at Hamriyah. We come back with a defined scope, a crew size and a duration we will stand behind. Where the conditions here will not support what has been asked for, we say so at this stage rather than after mobilisation.
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Approvals and waste routing
Access and working approval is arranged with Sharjah Ports Authority and the terminal, and the disposal route for residues and washings is fixed before the gang boards — MARPOL Annex V compliance is a documented chain at Hamriyah, not an assurance. Where reception is limited, the plan changes rather than the paperwork.
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Mobilisation to Hamriyah
Gangs, pumps, chemicals and equipment mobilise via Sharjah (SHJ) or Dubai (DXB). Where a vessel is also calling at Sharjah, one mobilisation is normally sized to cover both.
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Entry, sequencing and the work
Enclosed-space entry runs to the vessel's own permit system, with a fresh gas test before every entry and after every break. Gas testing, standby cover and continuous supervision run throughout, and progress is reported hold by hold rather than only at the end.
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Report and handover
A completion report covering hold cleaning is issued with before-and-after imagery, hold by hold and anything found that you should know about. The findings are discussed with the vessel rather than emailed and forgotten.

Hamriyah Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: AEHAM
Port type: State Port
Emirate: Sharjah
Country: United Arab Emirates
Water body: Arabian Gulf
Port authority: Sharjah Ports Authority
Main cargoes: Steel and project cargo, Oil and gas equipment, Aggregates and dry bulk, Liquid bulk, General cargo
Crew mobilisation: Sharjah (SHJ) / Dubai (DXB)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Hamriyah Port

Does Cleanship provide hold cleaning at Hamriyah Port?

Yes. We cover the full hold cleaning scope at Hamriyah Port (AEHAM), Sharjah — cargo hold cleaning (shore gang), hold cleaning riding crew and rope access hold cleaning. Teams mobilise via Sharjah (SHJ) or Dubai (DXB).

Where is the work done at Hamriyah — alongside, at anchorage or on passage?

Work here runs both alongside and at anchorage depending on the call, and on the passage out where neither gives enough time. Between June and September the binding constraint is working temperature inside the space rather than access to it.

Who approves hold cleaning work at Hamriyah?

Sharjah Ports Authority issues the port-side approval at Hamriyah Port, with terminal approval on top where the berth requires it. We arrange both, along with the waste reception and disposal route, so it does not fall to the agent or the master.

Which vessels call at Hamriyah?

General cargo and project vessels, Handysize bulk carriers, Offshore support vessels and barges, Product and chemical tankers — Hamriyah Port is an offshore and fabrication port with a large idle fleet, handling steel and project cargo, oil and gas equipment, aggregates and dry bulk, liquid bulk, general cargo. Those are the profiles we see most, and the scope is sized to the vessel rather than to a standard package.

Can this be done without taking the vessel off hire at Hamriyah?

Yes — that is the point of it. Every scope listed here is carried out with the vessel afloat and working, at the berth, at the anchorage or on the passage out. Shore gangs work alongside or at anchorage and riding crews finish on the passage, so no port time is spent on cleaning and the vessel is never off hire.

Do you cover other ports near Hamriyah?

Yes. Sharjah, Ajman and Umm Al Quwain all sit within the same operating range for hold cleaning, and a single mobilisation is often sized to cover more than one vessel on the same trip. We work 45 ports on the coverage list for this line.

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