Gujarat · INIXY

Tank Cleaning at Kandla Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Kandla Port — India's highest-tonnage bulk and liquid gateway.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Kandla Port (INIXY), Gujarat — 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.

Kandla, officially Deendayal Port, is among the highest-tonnage ports in India and the principal liquid and dry bulk gateway for the north and west of the country. Tankers on edible oil and POL parcels and bulk carriers on fertiliser and grain make up most of the traffic. Cleanship keeps an operating base at Kandla, so divers, compressors and cleaning gear are held locally rather than flown in against a berth window.

Working conditions at Kandla

Work here runs both alongside and at anchorage depending on the call, and on the passage out where neither gives enough time. The south-west monsoon sets the outer limits of the calendar, roughly June to September, and it affects the anchorage far more than the berth. Approval runs through Deendayal Port 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: Kandla creek berths · Oil jetties · Outer anchorage
Vessels we see here: Product and chemical tankers · Bulk carriers · General cargo ships

Tank Cleaning scopes at Kandla

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

Planning the window at Kandla

The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Kandla 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. 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.

Cleanship holds an operating base at Kandla, so we can hold a team ready against a shifting ETA rather than committing travel to a date that may move.

What we typically find at Kandla

Kandla is India’s principal edible oil terminal, so prior-cargo restrictions and wall-wash results drive the tank cleaning specification far more than the visual standard does. Slop handling and disposal are arranged with the terminal ahead of the call rather than negotiated once the tanks are open.

Edible oil parcels move through Kandla Port, and those are the strictest specifications in the trade. Prior-cargo restrictions and wall-wash results set the standard, not the visual condition, and a tank that looks clean can still fail on analysis.

How we deliver it at Kandla

1
Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Kandla. 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 Deendayal Port 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 Kandla the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
3
Mobilisation to Kandla
Cleanship holds an operating base at Kandla, so crews, pumps, machines and chemicals are on the ground rather than in transit. That is the difference between meeting a window and missing it.
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.

Kandla Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INIXY
Port type: Major Port
State: Gujarat
Country: India
Water body: Gulf of Kutch
Port authority: Deendayal Port Authority
Main cargoes: POL and edible oils, Fertiliser and raw materials, Grain, Salt, Timber, Containers
Crew mobilisation: Kandla (IXY) / Bhuj (BHJ)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Kandla Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Kandla Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Kandla Port (INIXY), Gujarat — tanker tank cleaning — dpp & cpp, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Cleanship holds an operating base at Kandla.

Where is the work done at Kandla — 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.

Who approves tank cleaning work at Kandla?

Deendayal Port Authority issues the port-side approval at Kandla 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 Kandla?

Product and chemical tankers, Bulk carriers, General cargo ships — Kandla Port is India's highest-tonnage bulk and liquid gateway, handling pol and edible oils, fertiliser and raw materials, grain, salt, timber, containers. 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 Kandla?

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 Kandla?

Yes. Mundra and Okha 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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