Gujarat · INPBD

Tank Cleaning at Porbandar Port

Grade changes, sludge removal and shore tanks at Porbandar Port — clear water on the open Saurashtra coast.

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Tell us the vessel, the port and the window. Scoped reply, usually the same working day.

Cleanship Marine cleans cargo, bunker and shore tanks at Porbandar Port (INPBD), Gujarat — grade changes on product and chemical tankers, sludge demucking, terminal storage tanks and offshore support vessel turnarounds. Tank work at Porbandar is coastal fuel and support craft — bunker, slop and fuel tanks rather than cargo grade changes — with the fishing fleet adding a steady stream of small-tank work. Larger tonnage is worked at the anchorage outside the harbour.

Working conditions at Porbandar

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: Breakwater harbour berths · Outer anchorage
Vessels we see here: Handysize bulk carriers · Coastal tankers · Fishing and support craft

Tank Cleaning scopes at Porbandar

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

Planning the window at Porbandar

The south-west monsoon governs the calendar at Porbandar Port, roughly June to September. For tank work it is the anchorage that suffers — where the terminal will not permit work alongside, weather that closes the anchorage closes the job. 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 Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA), 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 Porbandar

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.

What we find depends on whether the vessel has had time at anchorage or come straight off a berth, so the tank condition is confirmed on inspection rather than assumed from the previous cargo alone.

How we deliver it at Porbandar

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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Porbandar. 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
Gujarat Maritime Board approves the work alongside the local harbour master, and at a state port that conversation is quicker but less formal — it is worth having in writing. Licensed slop and sludge reception is booked and marine chemist attendance arranged where the grade change requires it. At Porbandar the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
3
Mobilisation to Porbandar
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA). Where a vessel is also calling at Okha, 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.

Porbandar Port at a glance

UN/LOCODE: INPBD
Port type: State Port
State: Gujarat
Country: India
Water body: Arabian Sea
Port authority: Gujarat Maritime Board
Main cargoes: Bauxite, Clinker and cement, Soda ash, Fishing catch, Coastal fuel
Crew mobilisation: Porbandar (PBD) / Jamnagar (JGA)
Services here: Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning

Frequently asked — Porbandar Port

Does Cleanship provide tank cleaning at Porbandar Port?

Yes. We cover the full tank cleaning scope at Porbandar Port (INPBD), Gujarat — tanker tank cleaning — DPP & CPP, tank demucking, shore tank cleaning and offshore vessel tank cleaning. Teams mobilise via Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA).

Where is the work done at Porbandar — 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 Porbandar?

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

Handysize bulk carriers, Coastal tankers, Fishing and support craft — Porbandar Port is clear water on the open Saurashtra coast, handling bauxite, clinker and cement, soda ash, fishing catch, coastal fuel. What sizes a tank job is the tank count, the prior and next grade and how much sludge is carried, not the vessel's dimensions.

Can this be done without taking the vessel off hire at Porbandar?

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 Porbandar?

Yes. Okha and Pipavav 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 32 ports on the coverage list for this line.

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