Gujarat · INMUN

Hull Cleaning at Mundra Port

In-water hull, propeller and survey work at Mundra Port — the largest tonnage calling anywhere in India.

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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 Mundra Port (INMUN), 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.

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

Mundra takes some of the largest tonnage calling anywhere in India, so a hull clean here is a big-area job that needs realistic planning rather than an optimistic single shift. The Gulf of Kutch tidal stream is strong and the water silty, so windows are worked around slack and visibility is low throughout. Terminal windows are tight and productivity-driven, which means the scope and the crew size are fixed before mobilisation and any contingency is agreed in advance, not negotiated at the gangway.

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

Hull Cleaning scopes at Mundra

5 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. 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 terminals, bulk and coal berths, liquid terminals, outer anchorage, and which of those a vessel ends up at changes the dive plan more than the season does. 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

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 Mundra than owners budget for.

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 Mundra

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the coating specification 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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Permits and approvals
Diving permission is obtained from Mundra Port and the 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 Mundra
Divers, compressors, brush carts and cameras 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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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.

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 hull cleaning at Mundra Port?

Yes. We cover the full hull cleaning scope at Mundra Port (INMUN), Gujarat — underwater hull cleaning, propeller polishing, thruster cleaning & polishing, in-water class survey and uwild. Teams mobilise via Mundra or Bhuj (BHJ).

What is underwater visibility like at Mundra?

Visibility at Mundra 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 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 any environmental clearance for in-water cleaning, 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. 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 Mundra?

Yes. Kandla, Navlakhi and Jakhau 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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