Maharashtra · INBOM

Tank Cleaning at Mumbai Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Mumbai Port — sheltered harbour anchorages that grow heavy fouling.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Mumbai Port (INBOM), Maharashtra — 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.

Mumbai Port handles liquid bulk at Jawahar Dweep, general and project cargo in the docks, and serves as the shore base for offshore activity in the Bombay High field. The offshore support fleet working out of here is one of the most regular users of in-water cleaning and survey anywhere in India.

Working conditions at Mumbai

Most of the work at this port happens at the anchorage, simply because that is where vessels spend their 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 Mumbai 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: Indira and Jawahar dock berths · Jawahar Dweep and Pir Pau oil jetties · Harbour anchorages
Vessels we see here: Crude and product tankers · General cargo ships · Offshore support vessels · Cruise ships · Harbour craft and tugs

Tank Cleaning scopes at Mumbai

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

Planning the window at Mumbai

The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Mumbai 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. The waiting time here is what makes the job practical. Tanks can be worked at anchorage under a proper entry regime rather than squeezed against a berth clock, which is the difference between a specification clean and a visual one.

Teams mobilise via Mumbai (BOM), 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 Mumbai

Liquid bulk at Mumbai works through Jawahar Dweep and Pir Pau, and tank cleaning at those jetties is governed by terminal rules rather than port rules. Slop reception, gas-freeing and any hot work permit are agreed with the terminal before the vessel sails in.

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 Mumbai

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Mumbai. 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 Mumbai 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 Mumbai the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
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Mobilisation to Mumbai
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Mumbai (BOM). Where a vessel is also calling at Nhava Sheva, 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.

Mumbai Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INBOM
Port type: Major Port
State: Maharashtra
Country: India
Water body: Arabian Sea, Mumbai harbour
Port authority: Mumbai Port Authority
Main cargoes: POL, General and project cargo, Steel, Cruise, Offshore support
Crew mobilisation: Mumbai (BOM)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Mumbai Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Mumbai Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Mumbai Port (INBOM), Maharashtra — tanker tank cleaning — dpp & cpp, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Teams mobilise via Mumbai (BOM).

Where is the work done at Mumbai — alongside, at anchorage or on passage?

Most of the work at this port happens at the anchorage, simply because that is where vessels spend their time.

Who approves tank cleaning work at Mumbai?

Mumbai Port Authority issues the port-side approval at Mumbai 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 Mumbai?

Crude and product tankers, General cargo ships, Offshore support vessels, Cruise ships, Harbour craft and tugs — Mumbai Port is sheltered harbour anchorages that grow heavy fouling, handling pol, general and project cargo, steel, cruise, offshore support. 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 Mumbai?

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 Mumbai?

Yes. Nhava Sheva 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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