Fujairah · AEFJR

Tank Cleaning at Fujairah Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Fujairah Port — the world's second-largest bunkering anchorage.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Fujairah Port (AEFJR), Fujairah — 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.

Fujairah is the world's second-largest bunkering port and the UAE's only major port outside the Strait of Hormuz, working crude and product storage, bunkers, containers and general cargo. The standing anchorage population of tankers waiting for bunkers or orders is the single largest concentration of idle tonnage on the coverage list.

Working conditions at Fujairah

Most of the work at this port happens at the anchorage, simply because that is where vessels spend their time. The Arabian Sea swell sets the outer limits of the calendar, with the sharpest risk around June and again in October and November, and it affects the anchorage far more than the berth. Summer heat is the other constraint. Between June and September, enclosed-space work at this port runs to shortened cycles with enforced rest and forced ventilation — the job takes the time it takes, and a schedule built on winter productivity will not hold. Approval runs through Port of Fujairah Authority 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: Fujairah anchorage · Oil terminal berths · Container and general cargo berths
Vessels we see here: Crude and product tankers, VLCC to coastal · Bunker barges and tankers · Container ships · Offshore support vessels

Tank Cleaning scopes at Fujairah

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

Planning the window at Fujairah

The Arabian Sea swell governs the calendar at Fujairah Port, with the sharpest risk around June and again in October and November. This coast sits outside the Strait of Hormuz and takes Indian Ocean weather directly, so the anchorage is the exposed part of the operation while alongside work carries on. The waiting time here is what makes the job practical. Tanks can be worked at anchorage under a proper entry regime rather than squeezed against a berth clock, which is the difference between a specification clean and a visual one.

Teams mobilise via Fujairah (FJR) or Dubai (DXB), 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 Fujairah

Fujairah's storage and bunkering role means tank work here is constant: grade changes on product tankers, sludge and slop removal on bunker barges, and fuel tank cleaning ahead of a specification change. Slop disposal goes through licensed port reception facilities, arranged as part of the scope rather than left to the vessel.

Crude parcels here mean sludge, not just residue. The volume that comes out of a crude tank is a disposal problem as much as a cleaning one, so slop reception and licensed disposal are arranged before the work starts rather than discovered after it.

How we deliver it at Fujairah

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Fujairah. 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 Port of Fujairah Authority and the terminal operator, licensed slop and sludge reception is booked, and marine chemist attendance is arranged where the grade change requires it. At Fujairah the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
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Mobilisation to Fujairah
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Fujairah (FJR) or Dubai (DXB). Where a vessel is also calling at Khor Fakkan, 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.
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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.

Fujairah Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: AEFJR
Port type: State Port
Emirate: Fujairah
Country: United Arab Emirates
Water body: Gulf of Oman
Port authority: Port of Fujairah Authority
Main cargoes: Bunkers, Crude and refined products, Containers, General cargo, Aggregates
Crew mobilisation: Fujairah (FJR) / Dubai (DXB)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Fujairah Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Fujairah Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Fujairah Port (AEFJR), Fujairah — tanker tank cleaning — dpp & cpp, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Teams mobilise via Fujairah (FJR) or Dubai (DXB).

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

Most of the work at this port happens at the anchorage, simply because that is where vessels spend their time. Between June and September the binding constraint is working temperature inside the space rather than access to it.

Who approves tank cleaning work at Fujairah?

Port of Fujairah Authority issues the port-side approval at Fujairah 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 Fujairah?

Crude and product tankers, VLCC to coastal, Bunker barges and tankers, Container ships, Offshore support vessels — Fujairah Port is the world's second-largest bunkering anchorage, handling bunkers, crude and refined products, containers, general cargo, aggregates. 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 Fujairah?

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 Fujairah?

Yes — we work 24 ports on the coverage list for tank cleaning. Tell us the rotation and we will tell you where we can meet the vessel.

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