Hold Cleaning at Mumbai Port
Holds ready for the next fixture at Mumbai Port — sheltered harbour anchorages that grow heavy fouling.
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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo holds at Mumbai Port (INBOM), Maharashtra — 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.
Mumbai Port handles liquid bulk at Jawahar Dweep, general and project cargo in the docks, and serves as the shore base for offshore activity in the Bombay High field. The offshore support fleet working out of here is one of the most regular users of in-water cleaning and survey anywhere in India.
Working conditions at Mumbai
Most of the work at this port happens at the anchorage, simply because that is where vessels spend their time. The south-west monsoon sets the outer limits of the calendar, roughly June to September, and it affects the anchorage far more than the berth. Access approval runs through Mumbai Port 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
- Indira and Jawahar dock berths · Jawahar Dweep and Pir Pau oil jetties · Harbour anchorages
- Vessels we see here
- Crude and product tankers · General cargo ships · Offshore support vessels · Cruise ships · Harbour craft and tugs
Hold Cleaning scopes at Mumbai
3 scopes, one team and one mobilisation. Most vessels calling here take more than one on the same attendance.
Planning the window at Mumbai
The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Mumbai Port, roughly June to September. Swell and reduced surface visibility close most open-water work on this coast for the duration, and the weeks either side are unreliable rather than unusable. Waiting time is the opportunity here. Vessels sit at this port for extended periods, so holds can be worked properly and to a standard rather than rushed between grabs — and a gang put on board during the wait costs the vessel nothing in schedule.
Teams mobilise via Mumbai (BOM), 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 Mumbai
Mumbai is general and project cargo rather than dirty bulk, so the hold job here is dunnage, lashing waste, rust scale, bilge wells and tank tops — preparation for the next fixture rather than recovery from the last. The long harbour anchorage waits are what make it practical to do properly.
Traffic here is general and project cargo, so the hold scope is dunnage, lashing residue, rust scale, bilge wells and tank tops rather than a bulk wash — preparation work against the next fixture rather than recovery from the last one.
How we deliver it at Mumbai
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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the last and next cargo and the window at Mumbai. 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 Mumbai Port 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 Mumbai, not an assurance. Where reception is limited, the plan changes rather than the paperwork.
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Mobilisation to Mumbai
Gangs, pumps, chemicals and equipment mobilise via Mumbai (BOM). Where a vessel is also calling at Nhava Sheva, 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.
Mumbai Port at a glance
- UN/LOCODE
- INBOM
- Port type
- Major Port
- State
- Maharashtra
- Country
- India
- Water body
- Arabian Sea, Mumbai harbour
- Port authority
- Mumbai Port Authority
- Main cargoes
- POL, General and project cargo, Steel, Cruise, Offshore support
- Crew mobilisation
- Mumbai (BOM)
- Services here
- Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning
Frequently asked — Mumbai Port
Does Cleanship provide hold cleaning at Mumbai Port?
Yes. We cover the full hold cleaning scope at Mumbai Port (INBOM), Maharashtra — cargo hold cleaning (shore gang), hold cleaning riding crew and rope access hold cleaning. Teams mobilise via Mumbai (BOM).
Where is the work done at Mumbai — alongside, at anchorage or on passage?
Most of the work at this port happens at the anchorage, simply because that is where vessels spend their time.
Who approves hold cleaning work at Mumbai?
Mumbai Port Authority issues the port-side approval at Mumbai 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 Mumbai?
Crude and product tankers, General cargo ships, Offshore support vessels, Cruise ships, Harbour craft and tugs — Mumbai Port is sheltered harbour anchorages that grow heavy fouling, handling pol, general and project cargo, steel, cruise, offshore support. 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 Mumbai?
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 Mumbai?
Yes. Nhava Sheva, Dahanu and Ratnagiri 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.
Hold Cleaning at Mumbai Port.
Tell us the vessel, her ETA at Mumbai and the window. You get a scope, a crew size and an honest duration — usually the same working day.