Odisha · INPRT

Hold Cleaning at Paradip Port

Holds ready for the next fixture at Paradip Port — one of India's highest-tonnage dry bulk ports.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo holds at Paradip Port (INPRT), Odisha — shore gangs alongside, riding crews on the passage out, and IRATA rope access teams for the upper hold. Coal and iron ore move through Paradip in volume, and the two together are the worst-case hold cleaning brief: coal dust films every surface while ore fines pack into the frames and the tank-top margins. Anything following into a grain or clean cargo needs the full sequence, not a sweep.

Working conditions at Paradip

Work here runs both alongside and at anchorage depending on the call, and on the passage out where neither gives enough time. The north-east monsoon sets the outer limits of the calendar, roughly October to December, and it affects the anchorage far more than the berth. Access approval runs through Paradip 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: Dry bulk berths · Oil jetty · Outer anchorage
Vessels we see here: Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers · Crude and product tankers

Hold Cleaning scopes at Paradip

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

Planning the window at Paradip

The north-east monsoon governs the calendar at Paradip Port, roughly October to December. For hold work the wind matters less than the rain: holds cannot be washed, dried and closed in wet weather, and a hold shut up damp fails inspection however clean it looks. 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 Bhubaneswar (BBI), 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 Paradip

Paradip Port runs thermal and coking coal, iron ore, 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.

The condition we find here varies more than at most ports, because some vessels have had days at anchor to work the holds and some have had none. The scope is confirmed on boarding rather than assumed from the fixture.

How we deliver it at Paradip

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the last and next cargo and the window at Paradip. 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
Paradip Port Authority runs a statutory permit process here, so the lead time is real and the application goes in early rather than on arrival. The disposal route for residues and washings is fixed before the gang boards — MARPOL Annex V compliance is a documented chain, not an assurance. Where reception at Paradip is limited, the plan changes rather than the paperwork.
3
Mobilisation to Paradip
Gangs, pumps, chemicals and equipment mobilise via Bhubaneswar (BBI). Where a vessel is also calling at Dhamra, one mobilisation is normally sized to cover both.
4
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.

Paradip Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INPRT
Port type: Major Port
State: Odisha
Country: India
Water body: Bay of Bengal
Port authority: Paradip Port Authority
Main cargoes: Thermal and coking coal, Iron ore, Crude and POL, Fertiliser, Containers
Crew mobilisation: Bhubaneswar (BBI)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Paradip Port

Does Cleanship provide hold cleaning at Paradip Port?

Yes. We cover the full hold cleaning scope at Paradip Port (INPRT), Odisha — cargo hold cleaning (shore gang), hold cleaning riding crew and rope access hold cleaning. Teams mobilise via Bhubaneswar (BBI).

Where is the work done at Paradip — 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.

Who approves hold cleaning work at Paradip?

Paradip Port Authority issues the port-side approval at Paradip 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 Paradip?

Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers, Crude and product tankers — Paradip Port is one of India's highest-tonnage dry bulk ports, handling thermal and coking coal, iron ore, crude and POL, fertiliser, containers. What sizes a hold job is the number of holds, the last cargo and the standard the next fixture demands — not the vessel's dimensions.

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

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 Paradip?

Yes. Dhamra, Haldia and Visakhapatnam 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 63 ports on the coverage list for this line.

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