Andhra Pradesh · INKRI

Tank Cleaning at Krishnapatnam Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Krishnapatnam Port — deep-draft coal berths behind long breakwaters.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Krishnapatnam Port (INKRI), Andhra Pradesh — 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.

Krishnapatnam is a privately operated deep-water port in Nellore district built primarily around imported thermal coal for the southern power belt, with container and fertiliser volumes alongside it. Large bulk carriers on repeat coal voyages make it a port where hull and propeller condition show up directly in the fuel bill.

Working conditions at Krishnapatnam

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 Krishnapatnam Port Company 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: Deep-draft bulk berths · Container berths · Anchorage
Vessels we see here: Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers · Container ships

Tank Cleaning scopes at Krishnapatnam

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

Planning the window at Krishnapatnam

The north-east monsoon governs the calendar at Krishnapatnam 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) or Tirupati (TIR), 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 Krishnapatnam

Edible oil and liquid fertiliser parcels move through Krishnapatnam alongside the coal, so the tank work here is wall-wash specification jobs on smaller product tonnage. Slop reception is arranged with the port before the tanks are opened, not after.

Edible oil parcels move through Krishnapatnam 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 Krishnapatnam

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Krishnapatnam. 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 Krishnapatnam Port Company and the terminal operator, licensed slop and sludge reception is booked, and marine chemist attendance is arranged where the grade change requires it. At Krishnapatnam the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
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Mobilisation to Krishnapatnam
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Chennai (MAA) or Tirupati (TIR). 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.
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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.

Krishnapatnam Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INKRI
Port type: Private Port
State: Andhra Pradesh
Country: India
Water body: Bay of Bengal
Port authority: Krishnapatnam Port Company
Main cargoes: Thermal coal, Iron ore, Containers, Fertiliser, Edible oil
Crew mobilisation: Chennai (MAA) / Tirupati (TIR)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Krishnapatnam Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Krishnapatnam Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Krishnapatnam Port (INKRI), Andhra Pradesh — tanker tank cleaning — dpp & cpp, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Teams mobilise via Chennai (MAA) or Tirupati (TIR).

Where is the work done at Krishnapatnam — 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 Krishnapatnam?

Krishnapatnam Port Company issues the port-side approval at Krishnapatnam 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 Krishnapatnam?

Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers, Container ships — Krishnapatnam Port is deep-draft coal berths behind long breakwaters, handling thermal coal, iron ore, containers, fertiliser and edible oil. 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 Krishnapatnam?

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 Krishnapatnam?

Yes. Ennore 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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