Odisha · INPRT

Tank Cleaning at Paradip Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Paradip Port — one of India's highest-tonnage dry bulk ports.

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Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Paradip Port (INPRT), Odisha — 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.

Paradip is Odisha's major port and one of India's highest-tonnage dry bulk ports, serving the eastern steel, power and refining belt. Large bulk carriers and crude tankers on repeat voyages make it a port where hull and propeller condition translate directly into voyage economics.

Working conditions at Paradip

Work here runs both alongside and at anchorage depending on the call, and on the passage out where neither gives enough time. 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 Paradip 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: Dry bulk berths · Oil jetty · Outer anchorage
Vessels we see here: Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers · Crude and product tankers

Tank Cleaning scopes at Paradip

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

Planning the window at Paradip

The north-east monsoon governs the calendar at Paradip 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. 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 Bhubaneswar (BBI), 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 Paradip

Paradip handles crude and product parcels for the eastern refining belt, so sludge volume governs the job rather than the wash itself: what comes out of a crude tank here is a disposal problem before it is a cleaning one. Licensed reception is booked before the tanks are opened.

Crude parcels here mean sludge, not just residue. The volume that comes out of a crude tank is a disposal problem as much as a cleaning one, so slop reception and licensed disposal are arranged before the work starts rather than discovered after it.

How we deliver it at Paradip

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Paradip. 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 Paradip 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 Paradip the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
3
Mobilisation to Paradip
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Bhubaneswar (BBI). Where a vessel is also calling at Dhamra, 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.
5
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.

Paradip Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INPRT
Port type: Major Port
State: Odisha
Country: India
Water body: Bay of Bengal
Port authority: Paradip Port Authority
Main cargoes: Thermal and coking coal, Iron ore, Crude and POL, Fertiliser, Containers
Crew mobilisation: Bhubaneswar (BBI)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Paradip Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Paradip Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Paradip Port (INPRT), Odisha — tanker tank cleaning — dpp & cpp, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Teams mobilise via Bhubaneswar (BBI).

Where is the work done at Paradip — 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 Paradip?

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

Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers, Crude and product tankers — Paradip Port is one of India's highest-tonnage dry bulk ports, handling thermal and coking coal, iron ore, crude and pol, fertiliser, containers. 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 Paradip?

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 Paradip?

Yes. Dhamra, Haldia and Visakhapatnam 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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