Gujarat · INHZR

Hull Cleaning at Hazira Port

In-water hull, propeller and survey work at Hazira Port — tight terminal windows on the outer Gulf of Khambhat.

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Tell us the vessel, the port and the window. Scoped reply, usually the same working day.

Cleanship Marine provides the full underwater scope at Hazira Port (INHZR), Gujarat — 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.

Hazira is Surat's deep-water port, combining a container terminal, steel raw-material berths and an LNG terminal in a single industrial complex. Liner container tonnage and bulk carriers feeding the steel plant are the two profiles most often booked for underwater work here.

Working conditions at Hazira

Hazira works the outer part of the Gulf of Khambhat, so the tidal stream is strong and the water silty, though conditions are less extreme than at the head of the gulf. Dive windows are still planned to slack water, and visibility is low enough that hull work is executed by feel with video kept as the record. The terminals run tight windows, so scope, crew size and tooling are agreed and staged before anyone enters the water.

Where we work: Container terminal · Steel raw material berths · LNG jetty
Vessels we see here: Container ships · Bulk carriers · LNG carriers · Car carriers

Hull Cleaning scopes at Hazira

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

Planning the window at Hazira

The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Hazira 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. The tidal stream and the silt load govern the method here: the working window is slack water, not the working day, and the operation is planned by feel and surface supervision with video kept as the record rather than as the diver's means of navigation.

Work is taken at the container terminal, steel raw material berths and LNG jetty, and which of those a vessel ends up at changes the dive plan more than the season does. Teams mobilise via Surat (STV) or Vadodara (BDQ), 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 Hazira

Liquid and gas tonnage here spends long stretches at the terminal or waiting for a slot, so growth tends to be even and well established across the hull rather than patchy — heavier than the trading pattern suggests, and further along than a speed report alone would indicate.

Silt settles over the growth on the flat bottom and in the niches, which masks the true fouling state until the divers are actually on it. That is why the pre-clean survey here is a real step rather than a formality.

How we deliver it at Hazira

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the coating specification and the window at Hazira. 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 Gujarat Maritime Board, 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 Hazira
Divers, compressors, brush carts and cameras mobilise via Surat (STV) or Vadodara (BDQ). Where a vessel is also calling at Magdalla, 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.

Hazira Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INHZR
Port type: Private Port
State: Gujarat
Country: India
Water body: Gulf of Khambhat
Port authority: Gujarat Maritime Board
Main cargoes: Containers, Steel and steel raw materials, LNG, RoRo, Project cargo
Crew mobilisation: Surat (STV) / Vadodara (BDQ)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Hazira Port

Does Cleanship provide hull cleaning at Hazira Port?

Yes. We cover the full hull cleaning scope at Hazira Port (INHZR), Gujarat — underwater hull cleaning, propeller polishing, thruster cleaning & polishing, in-water class survey and uwild. Teams mobilise via Surat (STV) or Vadodara (BDQ).

What is underwater visibility like at Hazira?

Visibility at Hazira Port is habitually very low, and often close to nil at the turn, and the south-west monsoon 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 Hazira?

Gujarat Maritime Board issues the port-side approval at Hazira 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 Hazira?

Container ships, Bulk carriers, LNG carriers and Car carriers — Hazira Port is tight terminal windows on the outer Gulf of Khambhat, handling containers, steel and steel raw materials, lng, roro, 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 Hazira?

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 Hazira?

Yes. Magdalla, Dahej and Mundra 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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