Karnataka · INIXE

Tank Cleaning at Mangalore Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Mangalore Port — clear Arabian Sea water at a liquid bulk major port.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Mangalore Port (INIXE), Karnataka — 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.

New Mangalore is a major port built around liquid bulk — crude for the local refinery, LPG and edible oil — with iron ore pellets and containers alongside. Tanker tonnage working to tight terminal windows dominates, so an underwater scope here is normally sized to fit a single berth slot end to end.

Working conditions at Mangalore

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 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 New Mangalore 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: Liquid berths · Dry bulk berths · Outer anchorage
Vessels we see here: Crude and product tankers · LPG carriers · Bulk carriers · Feeder container ships

Tank Cleaning scopes at Mangalore

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

Planning the window at Mangalore

The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Mangalore 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. 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 Mangaluru (IXE), 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 Mangalore

New Mangalore is a refinery and LPG port, so the grades are heavy and the gas-freeing requirement is real rather than nominal. Marine chemist attendance and enclosed-space entry certification are arranged as part of the scope.

Gas and specialised liquid tonnage calls here, which puts the certification chain ahead of the cleaning itself: gas-freeing, marine chemist attendance and enclosed-space entry certificates are the critical path, and the physical work is the short part of the job.

How we deliver it at Mangalore

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Mangalore. 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 New Mangalore 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 Mangalore the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
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Mobilisation to Mangalore
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Mangaluru (IXE). Where a vessel is also calling at Cochin, one mobilisation is normally sized to cover both.
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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.

Mangalore Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INIXE
Port type: Major Port
State: Karnataka
Country: India
Water body: Arabian Sea
Port authority: New Mangalore Port Authority
Main cargoes: Crude and POL, LPG, Iron ore pellets, Fertiliser and raw materials, Containers, Edible oil
Crew mobilisation: Mangaluru (IXE)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Mangalore Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Mangalore Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Mangalore Port (INIXE), Karnataka — tanker tank cleaning — dpp & cpp, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Teams mobilise via Mangaluru (IXE).

Where is the work done at Mangalore — 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 Mangalore?

New Mangalore Port Authority issues the port-side approval at Mangalore 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 Mangalore?

Crude and product tankers, LPG carriers, Bulk carriers, Feeder container ships — Mangalore Port is clear Arabian Sea water at a liquid bulk major port, handling crude and pol, lpg, iron ore pellets, fertiliser and raw materials, containers, 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 Mangalore?

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 Mangalore?

Yes. Cochin and Mormugao 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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