Gujarat · INOKH

Hull Cleaning at Okha Port

In-water hull, propeller and survey work at Okha Port — clearer water at the Gulf of Kutch entrance.

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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 Okha Port (INOKH), 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.

Okha is a Gujarat Maritime Board port at the tip of the Saurashtra peninsula, working salt, bauxite and bentonite along with coastal traffic. It also serves as a shelter and bunkering call for vessels entering the Gulf of Kutch, which puts idle tonnage within reach of a dive team already working the Kandla and Mundra range.

Working conditions at Okha

Okha lies at the western entrance to the Gulf of Kutch, where the water is noticeably clearer than at the head of the gulf and inspection video is genuinely usable. Tidal streams through the entrance are still strong, so dives are worked to slack. Depth alongside is limited, so larger tonnage is worked at anchor off the port rather than at the jetty.

Where we work: Jetty berths · Anchorage off the port
Vessels we see here: Handysize bulk carriers · Coastal tankers · Barges and support craft

Hull Cleaning scopes at Okha

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

Planning the window at Okha

The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Okha 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. Water clarity here is good by regional standards, so the operation can be properly documented on video as it happens — an advantage that turns a cleaning job into usable condition evidence at no extra mobilisation cost.

Work is taken at the jetty berths and anchorage off the port, and which of those a vessel ends up at changes the dive plan more than the season does. 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 Okha

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 Okha than owners budget for.

Clearer water means the fouling state can be assessed properly before any tooling is selected, and the assessment can be shown to you rather than described.

How we deliver it at Okha

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the coating specification and the window at Okha. 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 Okha
Divers, compressors, brush carts and cameras mobilise via Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA). 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.

Okha Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INOKH
Port type: State Port
State: Gujarat
Country: India
Water body: Entrance to the Gulf of Kutch
Port authority: Gujarat Maritime Board
Main cargoes: Salt, Bauxite, Bentonite, General cargo, Coastal fuel
Crew mobilisation: Porbandar (PBD) / Jamnagar (JGA)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Okha Port

Does Cleanship provide hull cleaning at Okha Port?

Yes. We cover the full hull cleaning scope at Okha Port (INOKH), Gujarat — underwater hull cleaning, propeller polishing, thruster cleaning & polishing, in-water class survey and uwild. Teams mobilise via Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA).

What is underwater visibility like at Okha?

Visibility at Okha Port is good by regional standards and usually adequate for video work, 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 Okha?

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

Handysize bulk carriers, Coastal tankers, Barges and support craft — Okha Port is clearer water at the Gulf of Kutch entrance, handling salt, bauxite, bentonite, general cargo and 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 Okha?

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 Okha?

Yes. Kandla, Porbandar and Navlakhi 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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