Shore Tank Cleaning at Haldia Port
Terminal tanks returned to service, safely certified
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Tell us the vessel, the port and the window. Scoped reply, usually the same working day.
Cleanship Marine cleans shore storage tanks at the terminals serving Haldia Port, West Bengal — product changeovers, inspection preparation and statutory maintenance, delivered under a full enclosed-space and hot-work regime.
A shore tank out of service is storage capacity earning nothing, so the schedule matters as much as the standard. Haldia is the deep-water dock complex of the Kolkata port system, near the mouth of the Hooghly, where draft restrictions further upriver make it the practical limit for larger tonnage. Tankers and coal carriers serving the eastern refining and steel belt make up most of the traffic. Work is planned with the terminal's own permit system and safety case, and the certification chain — gas-free, entry, hot work where needed — is treated as the critical path it actually is.
What it gets you
- Tank returned to service on a schedule the terminal can plan around
- Inspection or recoating preparation done to a standard the inspector accepts
- Waste and sludge disposal fully documented
- Work carried out under the terminal's permit system, not alongside it
Working conditions at Haldia
Work here runs both alongside and at anchorage depending on the call, and on the passage out where neither gives enough time. The north-east monsoon sets the outer limits of the calendar, roughly October to December, and it affects the anchorage far more than the berth. Approval runs through Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata and the terminal operator, and licensed slop reception is booked before the tanks are opened — at most ports on this list that booking, not the cleaning, is what sets the date.
- Where we work
- Dock complex berths · Oil jetties · River anchorage
- Vessels we see here
- Product and chemical tankers · Bulk carriers · Feeder container ships
What we do at Haldia
- Method statement and risk assessment agreed with the terminal before mobilisation
- Draining, purging, gas-freeing and atmosphere monitoring throughout
- Sludge and residue removal, floor and shell cleaning, roof and internal structure
- Preparation for internal inspection, thickness measurement or recoating
- Waste transferred to licensed disposal under the rules in force at Haldia
- Certification and completion documentation for the terminal's records
Planning the window at Haldia
The north-east monsoon governs the calendar at Haldia Port, roughly October to December. The Bay of Bengal also carries cyclone risk in April to June and again from October to December, so an anchorage attendance on this coast is planned with a standby allowance rather than a single fixed date. Whether the work runs alongside, at anchorage or on passage depends on the terminal and the grade, so the plan is built against the actual call. Where a terminal will not permit tank work at the berth, we say so at quoting stage rather than after mobilisation.
Teams mobilise via Kolkata (CCU), 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 Haldia
Haldia serves the eastern petrochemical belt, so the grades are varied and the cleaning specification changes with almost every voyage. Slop reception and disposal are arranged through the dock complex ahead of arrival.
Chemical and petrochemical grades move through here, so the cleaning specification changes with almost every voyage and is set by the next charterer's acceptance criteria. The wash plan is built from the prior-cargo and next-cargo pair, not from a standard procedure.
Standard scope of work
Included as standard on every shore tank cleaning attendance, wherever the vessel is. Anything outside it is quoted separately and flagged before mobilisation, never added afterwards.
- Product and residue removal
- Remaining product is stripped and transferred, and pumpable sludge is recovered to nominated tankage or road tankers.
- Sludge treatment and oil recovery
- Where volumes justify it, sludge is treated to recover saleable hydrocarbon and reduce the mass sent to disposal.
- Washing and degreasing
- Shell, floor, roof structure and internal fittings are washed and degreased to the standard required by the next activity.
- Gas-freeing and monitoring
- Forced ventilation to safe-for-entry or gas-free-for-hot-work condition, with continuous atmospheric monitoring throughout occupancy.
- Inspection preparation
- Floor plates, annular rings, weld seams and roof supports are cleaned to a condition that allows meaningful thickness measurement and visual inspection.
How we deliver it at Haldia
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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Haldia. 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, slops and certification
Terminal and port approval for tank work is obtained from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata and the terminal operator, licensed slop and sludge reception is booked, and marine chemist attendance is arranged where the grade change requires it. At Haldia the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
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Mobilisation to Haldia
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Kolkata (CCU). Where a vessel is also calling at Kolkata, one mobilisation is normally sized to cover both.
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Gas-freeing, entry and cleaning
Atmosphere testing, gas-freeing and enclosed-space entry certification come before any entry, and are repeated after every break. Standby cover and atmosphere monitoring run continuously while anyone is inside, and progress is reported tank by tank.
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Report and handover
A completion report covering shore tank cleaning is issued with before-and-after imagery, tank by tank and anything found that you should know about. The findings are discussed with the vessel rather than emailed and forgotten.
Haldia Port at a glance
- UN/LOCODE
- INHAL
- Port type
- Major Port
- State
- West Bengal
- Country
- India
- Water body
- Hooghly River
- Port authority
- Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata
- Main cargoes
- POL and petrochemicals, Coking coal, Containers, Fertiliser, Steel
- Crew mobilisation
- Kolkata (CCU)
- Services here
- Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning
Frequently asked — Shore Tank Cleaning at Haldia
Do you provide shore tank cleaning at Haldia Port?
Yes. Cleanship Marine works Haldia Port (INHAL) in West Bengal, India, covering the dock complex berths, oil jetties and river anchorage. Teams mobilise via Kolkata (CCU) with the full spread.
Can shore tank cleaning be done while the vessel works cargo at Haldia?
It depends on the terminal and the grade. Some berths here permit tank work alongside and some do not; we establish which before the vessel arrives and plan for the anchorage or the passage where the answer is no. The vessel stays on hire throughout, and there is no diversion and no dry dock. We scope against the conditions at Haldia and tell you honestly whether the window you have is enough.
How is slop and sludge disposal handled at Haldia?
Through licensed reception, booked with Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata and the terminal operator before the tanks are opened. At Haldia the disposal route is usually what sets the schedule, so it is fixed first and documented tank by tank. Gas-freeing, atmosphere testing and enclosed-space entry certification are part of the same scope.
Where is the work done at Haldia — 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.
Which vessels do you carry out shore tank cleaning on at Haldia?
Product and chemical tankers, Bulk carriers, Feeder container ships — the traffic at Haldia Port runs to pol and petrochemicals, coking coal, containers, so those are the profiles we see most. The scope is sized to the vessel, not to a standard package.
How quickly can a team mobilise to Haldia?
Crews and equipment mobilise via Kolkata (CCU). Give us the ETA and the window and we will confirm what is achievable rather than promise a date we cannot hold. Where the vessel also calls at Paradip or Dhamra, one mobilisation is often sized to cover both.
What does shore tank cleaning at Haldia cost?
It depends on the tank count and volume, the prior and next grade, how much sludge is in there and whether the work runs alongside, at anchorage or on passage from Haldia. We would rather scope it properly and give you a specific figure than quote a headline rate that changes once the work starts. Send the details and the window at Haldia and you get a scoped price, usually the same working day.
Shore Tank Cleaning at Haldia Port.
Tell us the vessel, her ETA at Haldia and the window. You get a scope, a crew size and an honest duration — usually the same working day.