Tamil Nadu · INENR

Tank Cleaning at Ennore Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Ennore Port — coal and car carrier traffic north of Chennai.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Ennore Port (INENR), Tamil Nadu — grade changes on product and chemical tankers, sludge demucking, terminal storage tanks and offshore support vessel turnarounds. Gas-freeing, enclosed-space entry certification and licensed slop disposal are part of the scope, not extras.

Kamarajar Port at Ennore is the dedicated coal and automobile port serving Chennai's industrial hinterland, and it took over the dirty bulk traffic that used to run through Chennai Port itself. Coal carriers on repeat voyages and car carriers on liner schedules are the two profiles most often booked for underwater work here.

Working conditions at Ennore

Work here starts alongside, and where the berth window runs out it continues on the outward passage with a riding crew — the berth will not be held open for it. 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 Kamarajar Port Limited 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: Coal berths · RoRo berths · Liquid terminals · Anchorage
Vessels we see here: Bulk carriers · Pure car and truck carriers · LNG carriers · Product tankers

Tank Cleaning scopes at Ennore

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

Planning the window at Ennore

The north-east monsoon governs the calendar at Ennore 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. Terminal windows here are tight and most operators will not permit tank work alongside, so the realistic plan is the anchorage or the outward passage. That is agreed before the vessel arrives, not argued at the berth.

Teams mobilise via Chennai (MAA), 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 Ennore

Ennore handles LNG and product parcels, and the terminals set their own conditions for tank work alongside. Where the berth will not carry it the work moves to the anchorage or the outward passage, and the slop reception is booked either way rather than assumed.

Gas and specialised liquid tonnage calls here, which puts the certification chain ahead of the cleaning itself: gas-freeing, marine chemist attendance and enclosed-space entry certificates are the critical path, and the physical work is the short part of the job.

How we deliver it at Ennore

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Ennore. 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 Kamarajar Port Limited and the terminal operator, licensed slop and sludge reception is booked, and marine chemist attendance is arranged where the grade change requires it. At Ennore the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
3
Mobilisation to Ennore
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Chennai (MAA). Where a vessel is also calling at Chennai, one mobilisation is normally sized to cover both.
4
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.
5
Report and handover
A completion report covering 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.

Ennore Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INENR
Port type: Major Port
State: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Water body: Bay of Bengal
Port authority: Kamarajar Port Limited
Main cargoes: Thermal coal, Automobiles and RoRo, LNG, POL, General cargo
Crew mobilisation: Chennai (MAA)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Ennore Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Ennore Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Ennore Port (INENR), Tamil Nadu — tanker tank cleaning — dpp & cpp, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Teams mobilise via Chennai (MAA).

Where is the work done at Ennore — alongside, at anchorage or on passage?

Work here starts alongside, and where the berth window runs out it continues on the outward passage with a riding crew — the berth will not be held open for it.

Who approves tank cleaning work at Ennore?

Kamarajar Port Limited issues the port-side approval at Ennore Port, with terminal approval on top where the berth requires it. We arrange both, along with the waste reception and disposal route, so it does not fall to the agent or the master.

Which vessels call at Ennore?

Bulk carriers, Pure car and truck carriers, LNG carriers, Product tankers — Ennore Port is coal and car carrier traffic north of Chennai, handling thermal coal, automobiles and roro, lng, pol, 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 Ennore?

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. Tank work runs alongside where the terminal permits it, and otherwise at anchorage or on the passage out — none of which takes the vessel off hire.

Do you cover other ports near Ennore?

Yes. Krishnapatnam and Kakinada all sit within the same operating range for tank cleaning, and a single mobilisation is often sized to cover more than one vessel on the same trip. We work 24 ports on the coverage list for this line.

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