Gujarat · INMUN

Tank Cleaning at Mundra Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Mundra Port — the largest tonnage calling anywhere in India.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Mundra Port (INMUN), 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.

Mundra is India's largest commercial port by volume, a privately operated deep-water complex on the Kutch coast handling containers, coal, crude and liquid bulk. The container tonnage calling here is the largest in the country, which makes it the port where the absolute fuel value of a clean hull and a polished propeller is highest.

Working conditions at Mundra

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 Mundra Port and the 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: Container terminals · Bulk and coal berths · Liquid terminals · Outer anchorage
Vessels we see here: Large container ships · Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers · Crude and product tankers

Tank Cleaning scopes at Mundra

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

Planning the window at Mundra

The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Mundra 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 Mundra or Bhuj (BHJ), 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 Mundra

Mundra handles crude and product parcels on tight terminal windows, so tank work is planned as a passage or anchorage job unless the terminal has explicitly approved it alongside.

Edible oil parcels move through Mundra 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 Mundra

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

Mundra Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INMUN
Port type: Private Port
State: Gujarat
Country: India
Water body: Gulf of Kutch
Port authority: Mundra Port and the Gujarat Maritime Board
Main cargoes: Containers, Thermal coal, Crude and POL, Fertiliser, Edible oil, Project cargo
Crew mobilisation: Mundra / Bhuj (BHJ) / Kandla (IXY)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Mundra Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Mundra Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Mundra Port (INMUN), Gujarat — tanker tank cleaning — dpp & cpp, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Teams mobilise via Mundra or Bhuj (BHJ).

Where is the work done at Mundra — 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 Mundra?

Mundra Port and the Gujarat Maritime Board issues the port-side approval at Mundra 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 Mundra?

Large container ships, Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers, Crude and product tankers — Mundra Port is the largest tonnage calling anywhere in India, handling containers, thermal coal, crude and pol, fertiliser, edible oil, project 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 Mundra?

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 Mundra?

Yes. Kandla 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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