Sharjah · AEHAM

Hull Cleaning at Hamriyah Port

In-water hull, propeller and survey work at Hamriyah Port — an offshore and fabrication port with a large idle fleet.

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Cleanship Marine provides the full underwater scope at Hamriyah Port (AEHAM), Sharjah — hull cleaning, propeller super polishing, bow and stern thruster work, class-approved in-water survey and UWILD. Every scope is carried out with the vessel afloat and on hire, at the berth or at the anchorage.

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

Hamriyah is a sheltered free-zone port with a heavy offshore and fabrication presence, so alongside work is straightforward and the constraint is usually access and permits rather than weather. Shallow, hot Gulf water grows fouling quickly on the offshore support vessels and barges that spend long periods here between charters — the heaviest growth we lift in the northern emirates is usually off idle tonnage at Hamriyah.

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

Hull Cleaning scopes at Hamriyah

5 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. Because the harbour is sheltered, work here normally runs alongside or at a protected anchorage and can proceed in parallel with cargo operations rather than competing with them for the berth window.

Work is taken at the free zone berths, oil and gas quays, bulk berths, anchorage, and which of those a vessel ends up at changes the dive plan more than the season does. 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

Dry bulk handling here puts cargo dust into the water around the berths and anchorage. It settles on horizontal surfaces and packs into sea chest gratings and inlet openings, so inlet and grating clearance is routinely a larger part of the job at Hamriyah than owners budget for.

Shelter is a mixed blessing for a hull. The same calm that makes the port easy to work in is still water, and still water grows fouling faster than an exposed berth does.

How we deliver it at Hamriyah

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the coating specification 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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Permits and approvals
Diving permission is obtained from Sharjah Ports Authority, along with terminal approval where the berth requires it and any environmental clearance for in-water work. This is handled by us, not left with the agent to chase.
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Mobilisation to Hamriyah
Divers, compressors, brush carts and cameras 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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Safety setup and the dive
The vessel is secured for diving — main engine, shaft and thrusters immobilised, sea suctions confirmed shut, permit agreed with the master. Teams work under surface supervision with continuous diver communications and video throughout.
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Report and handover
A completion report covering hull cleaning is issued with before-and-after imagery, coating and anode condition 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 hull cleaning at Hamriyah Port?

Yes. We cover the full hull cleaning scope at Hamriyah Port (AEHAM), Sharjah — underwater hull cleaning, propeller polishing, thruster cleaning & polishing, in-water class survey and uwild. Teams mobilise via Sharjah (SHJ) or Dubai (DXB).

What is underwater visibility like at Hamriyah?

Visibility at Hamriyah Port is moderate, and it drops further around active bulk handling and after heavy rain, and the shamal sets the outer limits of the calendar. How the tide and sea state shape the dive plan is set out in full in the working-conditions section on this page.

Who approves hull 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 any environmental clearance for in-water cleaning, 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. Divers work with the vessel afloat at the berth or the anchorage, so there is no dry dock, no diversion and no off-hire.

Do you cover other ports near Hamriyah?

Yes. Sharjah, Ajman and Umm Al Quwain all sit within the same operating range for hull cleaning, and a single mobilisation is often sized to cover more than one vessel on the same trip. We work 46 ports on the coverage list for this line.

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