A rejected cargo hold by a marine surveyor can cost a shipowner days of delays and thousands in lost charter hire. Honest Shipping provides professional, fast, and highly efficient tank and hatch hold cleaning services to ensure your vessel is 100% ready for its next loading operation. We utilize a highly trained workforce and industrial-grade marine chemicals to guarantee zero cross-contamination.
Our cleaning teams understand the exact standards required by strict cargo surveyors (e.g., for grain, fertilizer, or high-purity chemicals). We clean to those standards the first time, preventing costly re-cleaning.
From coal to grain or fertilizer to cement, we provide high-pressure washing (up to 500 bar) and mucking-out services. We remove all traces of previous cargo, loose rust, and paint flakes from bulkheads, tank tops, and upper hoppers.
Specialized cleaning for product tankers and chemical carriers. We handle the removal of heavy fuel oil residues, vegetable oils, and hazardous chemicals, ensuring tanks meet the stringent wall-wash test requirements.
Application of IMO-approved alkaline, acidic, and solvent-based hold block chemicals. We effectively remove stubborn stains, petcoke residues, and perform light rust descaling to protect the hold's coating.
Safe pumping and MARPOL-compliant disposal of oily water, sludge, and slops from engine room bilges and cargo tanks. We provide official disposal certificates required by port authorities.
Our cleaning teams board your vessel fully equipped with high-pressure water jets, pneumatic muck winches, heavy-duty hoses, and safety gear. We coordinate closely with the Chief Officer to ensure cleaning operations happen simultaneously with discharge (where permitted) or immediately after, saving valuable port time.