Sharjah · AEHAM

Tank Cleaning at Hamriyah Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Hamriyah Port — an offshore and fabrication port with a large idle fleet.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Hamriyah Port (AEHAM), Sharjah — 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.

Hamriyah is Sharjah's free-zone and energy port, handling steel, oil and gas project cargo, aggregates and liquid bulk, with a large resident fleet of offshore support vessels and barges. That resident fleet, rather than the transiting traffic, is the regular user of in-water cleaning and tank work here.

Working conditions at Hamriyah

Work here runs both alongside and at anchorage depending on the call, and on the passage out where neither gives enough time. The shamal sets the outer limits of the calendar, through the winter months and again in early summer, and it affects the anchorage far more than the berth. The larger constraint here is heat. Between June and September, working temperatures inside a cargo hold or a tank at this port routinely exceed anything a full shift can be worked in, so enclosed-space work runs to shortened cycles with enforced rest, forced ventilation and more people than the same job needs in winter. Pricing a Gulf summer tank entry on a winter productivity assumption is the most common way these jobs overrun. Approval runs through Sharjah Ports 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: Free zone berths · Oil and gas quays · Bulk berths · Anchorage
Vessels we see here: General cargo and project vessels · Handysize bulk carriers · Offshore support vessels and barges · Product and chemical tankers

Tank Cleaning scopes at Hamriyah

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

Planning the window at Hamriyah

The shamal governs the calendar at Hamriyah Port, through the winter months and again in early summer. The shamal is a wind and sea-state problem rather than a rain one: it builds short, steep seas across the shallow Gulf that stop anchorage work while berths stay usable. 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 Sharjah (SHJ) 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 Hamriyah

Hamriyah handles product and chemical parcels alongside the offshore fleet, so tank scope ranges from a full grade change on a product tanker to fuel and slop tank cleaning on OSVs coming off charter. Slop disposal is arranged through licensed contractors in the free zone as part of the job.

Product parcels and bunkers dominate the liquid traffic here, so most of the work is grade changes and fuel and slop tank cleaning rather than full chemical specification work.

How we deliver it at Hamriyah

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Hamriyah. 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.
2
Approvals, slops and certification
Terminal and port approval for tank work is obtained from Sharjah Ports 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 Hamriyah the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
3
Mobilisation to Hamriyah
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Sharjah (SHJ) or Dubai (DXB). Where a vessel is also calling at Sharjah, 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.

Hamriyah Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: AEHAM
Port type: State Port
Emirate: Sharjah
Country: United Arab Emirates
Water body: Arabian Gulf
Port authority: Sharjah Ports Authority
Main cargoes: Steel and project cargo, Oil and gas equipment, Aggregates and dry bulk, Liquid bulk, General cargo
Crew mobilisation: Sharjah (SHJ) / Dubai (DXB)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Hamriyah Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Hamriyah Port?

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

Where is the work done at Hamriyah — 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. Between June and September the binding constraint is working temperature inside the space rather than access to it.

Who approves tank cleaning work at Hamriyah?

Sharjah Ports Authority issues the port-side approval at Hamriyah 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 Hamriyah?

General cargo and project vessels, Handysize bulk carriers, Offshore support vessels and barges, Product and chemical tankers — Hamriyah Port is an offshore and fabrication port with a large idle fleet, handling steel and project cargo, oil and gas equipment, aggregates and dry bulk, liquid bulk, 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 Hamriyah?

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 Hamriyah?

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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