Gujarat · INMUN

Hold Cleaning at Mundra Port

Holds ready for the next fixture at Mundra Port — the largest tonnage calling anywhere in India.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo holds at Mundra Port (INMUN), Gujarat — 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.

Mundra is India's largest commercial port by volume, a privately operated deep-water complex on the Kutch coast handling containers, coal, crude and liquid bulk. The container tonnage calling here is the largest in the country, which makes it the port where the absolute fuel value of a clean hull and a polished propeller is highest.

Working conditions at Mundra

Work here starts alongside, and where the berth window runs out it continues on the outward passage with a riding crew — the berth will not be held open for it. 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 Mundra Port and the Gujarat Maritime Board and the terminal, and the disposal route for residues and washings is fixed before the gang boards rather than found afterwards.

Where we work: Container terminals · Bulk and coal berths · Liquid terminals · Outer anchorage
Vessels we see here: Large container ships · Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers · Crude and product tankers

Hold Cleaning scopes at Mundra

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

Planning the window at Mundra

The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Mundra 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. Turnaround here is quick and the berth will not be held open for cleaning, so the work is either sequenced hold by hold behind the discharge as each one empties, or handed to a riding crew to complete on the passage out. Waiting for all holds to be empty is waiting past the berth window.

Teams mobilise via Mundra or Bhuj (BHJ), 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 Mundra

Mundra turns tonnage fast and the berth productivity targets are real, so hold cleaning here is either worked into the discharge sequence hold by hold or taken by a riding crew on the passage out. A shore gang waiting for all holds to be empty is a shore gang waiting past the berth window.

Mundra Port runs containers, thermal coal, crude and pol through the same holds, and that sequence is where the money is lost: mineral fines and dust from one fixture will fail an inspection for the next if the holds are only swept. The standard that matters is the one the next cargo demands, not the one the last one left.

How we deliver it at Mundra

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the last and next cargo and the window at Mundra. 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 Mundra Port and the Gujarat Maritime Board 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 Mundra, not an assurance. Where reception is limited, the plan changes rather than the paperwork.
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Mobilisation to Mundra
Gangs, pumps, chemicals and equipment mobilise via Mundra or Bhuj (BHJ). Where a vessel is also calling at Kandla, 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.

Mundra Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INMUN
Port type: Private Port
State: Gujarat
Country: India
Water body: Gulf of Kutch
Port authority: Mundra Port and the Gujarat Maritime Board
Main cargoes: Containers, Thermal coal, Crude and POL, Fertiliser, Edible oil, Project cargo
Crew mobilisation: Mundra / Bhuj (BHJ) / Kandla (IXY)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Mundra Port

Does Cleanship provide hold cleaning at Mundra Port?

Yes. We cover the full hold cleaning scope at Mundra Port (INMUN), Gujarat — cargo hold cleaning (shore gang), hold cleaning riding crew and rope access hold cleaning. Teams mobilise via Mundra or Bhuj (BHJ).

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

Work here starts alongside, and where the berth window runs out it continues on the outward passage with a riding crew — the berth will not be held open for it.

Who approves hold cleaning work at Mundra?

Mundra Port and the Gujarat Maritime Board issues the port-side approval at Mundra 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 Mundra?

Large container ships, Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers, Crude and product tankers — Mundra Port is the largest tonnage calling anywhere in India, handling containers, thermal coal, crude and pol, fertiliser, edible oil, project 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 Mundra?

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 Mundra?

Yes. Kandla and Navlakhi 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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