Tanker Tank Cleaning — DPP & CPP at Dhamra Port
Grade change delivered to the surveyor's standard
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Tell us the vessel, the port and the window. Scoped reply, usually the same working day.
Cleanship Marine carries out cargo tank cleaning on dirty and clean petroleum product tankers at Dhamra Port, Odisha — grade changes, wall-wash preparation and gas-freeing worked to the acceptance criteria of the next cargo, not to a generic procedure.
Dhamra is a privately operated deep-water port on the Odisha coast built around dry bulk, feeding coal and iron ore into the eastern steel and power belt. The Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers calling here carry the largest wetted hull areas of any traffic in India, which is also where the absolute fuel saving from a clean hull is largest.
What it gets you
- Tanks presented to the standard the next charterer will actually accept
- Wall-wash failures and the resulting rejection or delay avoided
- Slop disposal documented through licensed reception, not improvised
- Entry and gas-freeing certified rather than assumed
Working conditions at Dhamra
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 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 Dhamra Port Company 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
- Deep-draft bulk berths · Outer anchorage
- Vessels we see here
- Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers · LNG carriers
What we do at Dhamra
- Cleaning plan built from the prior-cargo and next-cargo pair, with the acceptance criteria agreed in writing first
- Tank washing, steaming and chemical treatment as the grade change requires
- Gas-freeing, atmosphere testing and enclosed-space entry certification before any entry
- Hand mopping, wall wash and final presentation for surveyor inspection
- Slops and residues transferred to licensed reception at Dhamra with documentation
- Tank-by-tank record and a completion report for the vessel and the charterer
Planning the window at Dhamra
The north-east monsoon governs the calendar at Dhamra 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. 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 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 Dhamra
The liquid side at Dhamra is LNG, which puts the work on the gas side of the trade — inerting, gas-freeing and certification rather than washing. Conventional tank scope here is bunker and slop work on the bulk carriers calling for coal and ore.
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.
Standard scope of work
Included as standard on every tanker tank cleaning attendance, wherever the vessel is. Anything outside it is quoted separately and flagged before mobilisation, never added afterwards.
- Pre-clean assessment
- Cargo history, tank coating condition, heating coil status and the next cargo specification are reviewed to fix the cleaning method and realistic acceptance criteria.
- Machine washing
- Fixed and portable tank cleaning machines run to a calculated cycle programme, using hot or cold sea water, fresh water and approved chemicals as the cargo pair requires.
- Hand hosing and manual finishing
- Bellmouths, suction wells, framing, heating coils and structural shadows are hand-hosed and manually finished — the areas machines geometrically cannot reach.
- Draining, mopping and drying
- Tanks are stripped, mopped and dried so no free water or residue remains to contaminate the next grade or skew the wall wash result.
- Gas-freeing and verification
- Ventilation to safe-for-entry or gas-free-for-hot-work condition, with continuous monitoring and independent certification arranged where required.
How we deliver it at Dhamra
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Scope and vessel details
Tell us the vessel, her particulars, the prior and next grade and the window at Dhamra. 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 Dhamra Port Company and the terminal operator, licensed slop and sludge reception is booked, and marine chemist attendance is arranged where the grade change requires it. At Dhamra the disposal route is the item that most often sets the schedule, so it is fixed first.
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Mobilisation to Dhamra
Crews, pumps, machines and chemicals mobilise via Bhubaneswar (BBI). Where a vessel is also calling at Paradip, 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 tanker 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.
Dhamra Port at a glance
- UN/LOCODE
- INDMA
- Port type
- Private Port
- State
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Water body
- Bay of Bengal
- Port authority
- Dhamra Port Company
- Main cargoes
- Thermal and coking coal, Iron ore, Limestone, LNG
- Crew mobilisation
- Bhubaneswar (BBI)
- Services here
- Hull Cleaning, Hold Cleaning and Tank Cleaning
Frequently asked — Tanker Tank Cleaning at Dhamra
Do you provide tanker tank cleaning at Dhamra Port?
Yes. Cleanship Marine works Dhamra Port (INDMA) in Odisha, India, covering the deep-draft bulk berths and outer anchorage. Teams mobilise via Bhubaneswar (BBI) with the full spread.
Can tanker tank cleaning be done while the vessel works cargo at Dhamra?
Most terminals here will not permit tank work alongside, so the plan is the anchorage or the outward passage. We confirm the terminal's position before quoting rather than discovering it at the gangway. The vessel stays on hire throughout, and there is no diversion and no dry dock. We scope against the conditions at Dhamra and tell you honestly whether the window you have is enough.
How is slop and sludge disposal handled at Dhamra?
Through licensed reception, booked with Dhamra Port Company and the terminal operator before the tanks are opened. At Dhamra the disposal route is usually what sets the schedule, so it is fixed first and documented tank by tank. Gas-freeing, atmosphere testing and enclosed-space entry certification are part of the same scope.
Where is the work done at Dhamra — 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.
Which vessels do you carry out tanker tank cleaning on at Dhamra?
Capesize and Panamax bulk carriers, LNG carriers — the traffic at Dhamra Port runs to thermal and coking coal, iron ore, limestone, so those are the profiles we see most. The scope is sized to the vessel, not to a standard package.
How quickly can a team mobilise to Dhamra?
Crews and equipment mobilise via Bhubaneswar (BBI). Give us the ETA and the window and we will confirm what is achievable rather than promise a date we cannot hold. Where the vessel also calls at Paradip or Haldia, one mobilisation is often sized to cover both.
What does tanker tank cleaning at Dhamra cost?
It depends on the tank count and volume, the prior and next grade, how much sludge is in there and whether the work runs alongside, at anchorage or on passage from Dhamra. We would rather scope it properly and give you a specific figure than quote a headline rate that changes once the work starts. Send the details and the window at Dhamra and you get a scoped price, usually the same working day.
Tanker Tank Cleaning — DPP & CPP at Dhamra Port.
Tell us the vessel, her ETA at Dhamra and the window. You get a scope, a crew size and an honest duration — usually the same working day.