Hold Cleaning at Porbandar Port
Holds ready for the next fixture at Porbandar Port — clear water on the open Saurashtra coast.
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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo holds at Porbandar Port (INPBD), 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.
Porbandar is a Gujarat Maritime Board port working bauxite, soda ash and cement alongside one of the larger fishing fleets on the coast. It is also a Coast Guard base and a regular shelter and crew-change call for coastal traffic, which puts a steady stream of idle tonnage within reach.
Working conditions at Porbandar
Work here runs both alongside and at anchorage depending on the call, and on the passage out where neither gives enough 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 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
- Breakwater harbour berths · Outer anchorage
- Vessels we see here
- Handysize bulk carriers · Coastal tankers · Fishing and support craft
Hold Cleaning scopes at Porbandar
3 scopes, one team and one mobilisation. Most vessels calling here take more than one on the same attendance.
Planning the window at Porbandar
The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Porbandar 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. 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 Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA), 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 Porbandar
Bauxite, clinker and soda ash are the standing residues, and soda ash is the one to watch — it is alkaline, it attacks coatings if it is left, and it draws moisture out of the air. Holds here are washed promptly after discharge rather than carried to the next port.
Porbandar Port runs bauxite, clinker and cement, soda ash 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 Porbandar
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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the last and next cargo and the window at Porbandar. 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 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 Porbandar, not an assurance. Where reception is limited, the plan changes rather than the paperwork.
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Mobilisation to Porbandar
Gangs, pumps, chemicals and equipment mobilise via Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA). Where a vessel is also calling at Okha, 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.
Porbandar Port at a glance
- UN/LOCODE
- INPBD
- Port type
- State Port
- State
- Gujarat
- Country
- India
- Water body
- Arabian Sea
- Port authority
- Gujarat Maritime Board
- Main cargoes
- Bauxite, Clinker and cement, Soda ash, Fishing catch, Coastal fuel
- Crew mobilisation
- Porbandar (PBD) / Jamnagar (JGA)
- Services here
- Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning
Frequently asked — Porbandar Port
Does Cleanship provide hold cleaning at Porbandar Port?
Yes. We cover the full hold cleaning scope at Porbandar Port (INPBD), Gujarat — cargo hold cleaning (shore gang), hold cleaning riding crew and rope access hold cleaning. Teams mobilise via Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA).
Where is the work done at Porbandar — 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 Porbandar?
Gujarat Maritime Board issues the port-side approval at Porbandar 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 Porbandar?
Handysize bulk carriers, Coastal tankers, Fishing and support craft — Porbandar Port is clear water on the open Saurashtra coast, handling bauxite, clinker and cement, soda ash, fishing catch, coastal fuel. 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 Porbandar?
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 Porbandar?
Yes. Okha, Muldwarka and Pipavav 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 Porbandar Port.
Tell us the vessel, her ETA at Porbandar and the window. You get a scope, a crew size and an honest duration — usually the same working day.