Gujarat · INMDA

Tank Cleaning at Magdalla Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Magdalla Port — short tide-bound windows on the Tapi estuary.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Magdalla Port (INMDA), 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.

Magdalla is Surat's older river port on the Tapi, handling coal, steel and general cargo for the local industrial belt alongside the deeper terminals at Hazira. Traffic is smaller tonnage on short coastal and regional voyages rather than liner or deep-sea calls.

Working conditions at Magdalla

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 Gujarat Maritime Board 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: River jetties · Outer anchorage
Vessels we see here: Handysize bulk carriers · General cargo ships · Coastal tankers

Tank Cleaning scopes at Magdalla

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

Planning the window at Magdalla

The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Magdalla 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.

Teams mobilise via Surat (STV) or Vadodara (BDQ), 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 Magdalla

Tank work at Magdalla is coastal product and edible oil tonnage on short regional voyages, so the cycle is fast and the grade changes frequent. The river berths are depth-limited, so the tanks are smaller — which makes hand work a larger share of the total than machine washing.

Edible oil parcels move through Magdalla 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 Magdalla

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Magdalla. 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 Gujarat Maritime Board and the terminal operator, licensed slop and sludge reception is booked, and marine chemist attendance is arranged where the grade change requires it. At Magdalla the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
3
Mobilisation to Magdalla
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Surat (STV) or Vadodara (BDQ). Where a vessel is also calling at Hazira, 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.

Magdalla Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INMDA
Port type: State Port
State: Gujarat
Country: India
Water body: Tapi estuary, Gulf of Khambhat
Port authority: Gujarat Maritime Board
Main cargoes: Coal, Steel and scrap, Timber, Edible oil, General cargo
Crew mobilisation: Surat (STV) / Vadodara (BDQ)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Magdalla Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Magdalla Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Magdalla Port (INMDA), Gujarat — tanker tank cleaning — dpp & cpp, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Teams mobilise via Surat (STV) or Vadodara (BDQ).

Where is the work done at Magdalla — 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 Magdalla?

Gujarat Maritime Board issues the port-side approval at Magdalla 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 Magdalla?

Handysize bulk carriers, General cargo ships and Coastal tankers — Magdalla Port is short tide-bound windows on the Tapi estuary, handling coal, steel and scrap, timber, edible oil, 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 Magdalla?

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 Magdalla?

Yes. Hazira and Dahej 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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