Ship chandlers & ship supply at Mundra INMUN

Mundra is run by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) from Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat. In FY 2024–25 it became the first Indian port to handle more than 200 million tonnes of cargo in a single financial year (200.7 MMT). Its Adani International Container Terminal handled 3.305 million containers that year, and the liquid terminal 8.73 MMT.^[1,5]

—August 2026 set the port’s monthly records: 18.60 million tonnes of cargo and 819,046 TEU, according to an Adani release.^[2]

—APSEZ’s monthly draft declaration names the terminals: Mundra Multi-purpose Terminals 1 and 3 (berths B-1 to B-4 and B-9 to B-12), the West Basin Terminal (WB-1 to WB-4), a barge berth, the LNG terminal and a VLCC berth. Through February 2026 the declared maximum permissible draft was 17.5 m at WB-1 to WB-3, 15.2 m at WB-4, 12.5 m at the LNG berth and 21.6 m at the VLCC berth.^[3]

—Containers: the March 2024 declaration lists MICT (633 m of straight quay), AMCT/CT-2 (631 m), and the South Basin terminals ACMTPL (SB4–SB5, 650 m) and AICTPL (SB6–SB9, 1,460 m). More than one ship may lie on each quay with at least 35 m between them. APSEZ’s tariff circular refers to the MICT berth as DP World’s.^[4,5]

—Crude comes in through two single-point moorings: the IOCL SPM accepts up to 348 m LOA, 65 m beam and 25 m draft, and the HMEL SPM up to 345 m, 60 m and 23 m. Night berthing is restricted at both.^[4]

APSEZ states that the port is responsible for safety, security and conservancy inside port limits and makes sure every ship calling is piloted in and out. Pilotage is charged per gross ton, at a lower rate for ships under 10,000 GT.^[5]

—Draft rule: declared depths are below chart datum (lowest astronomical tide, 0.0 m). A deeper berthing draft can be accepted against the low water expected during the stay. The example given: a 13 m berth with 0.5 m of expected low water takes 13.5 m. The port keeps 10% of draught as under-keel clearance in the channel and 0.3–0.5 m alongside. The “sail at any time” drafts it publishes each month assume the same 10% channel UKC.^[4,3]

—Approach depths change month to month. In March 2024 the declared minimums were 13.3 m in the MICT approach channel, 15.0 m in the South Basin approach and 14.6 m in the West Basin approach. Take the current month’s declaration from your agent.^[4]

—Wind limits at the berths: berthing stops when the sustained wind exceeds 30 knots, cargo transfer stops above 35 knots, and ships are unberthed above 40 knots. The port may shift a ship from berth to anchorage for bad weather at its own discretion, and charges a share of pilotage for the shift.^[4,6]

—Water density runs 1.020–1.023 during the south-west monsoon and 1.024–1.025 the rest of the year. Allow for it when planning a deep-draft departure.^[4]

—Anchoring: APSEZ’s marine advisory of 29 April 2025 passes on a directive from the Gujarat Maritime Board and the Coast Guard (North-West Region). Ships at anchor or adrift must keep at least 20 nautical miles from the nearest land or port limit and get permission from VTS Gulf of Kutch. It followed ships drifting close inshore, especially in the monsoon.^[7]

—Alongside: the port’s gangway instruction requires the ship to warn Mundra Port Control on VHF channel 77 before trying out main engines while a shore gangway is in place.^[8]

—An agent and the pre-arrival filing. India’s Maritime Single Window runs in SagarSetu (NLP-Marine) and follows the IMO FAL Convention for electronic ship-clearance submissions.^[9]

—Waste declaration: DG Shipping’s Swachh Sagar portal takes the advance waste notification at least 24 hours before arrival. Under DGS Circular 06 of 2018 every ship declares its waste quantities, whether or not it lands any, and ports check the declaration before allowing the ship to berth.^[10]

—Anchorage permission from VTS Gulf of Kutch if you will wait off the port, at the 20 nm distance in the 2025 advisory.^[7]

—Provisions, deck and engine stores, spares and fresh water: post a requirement and suppliers serving Mundra answer with sealed bids. Suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you supply ships at Mundra, be the first supplier in.

—Mundra (INMUN) is a different port from Kandla (Deendayal Port, INIXY), the government-owned port farther up the Gulf of Kutch, which has its own Kandla guide.