Shipping Corporation of India
State-owned enterprise public company (BSE: 523598NSE: SCI) | |
Industry | Shipping |
Founded | Bombay, 2 October 1961 |
Headquarters |
Corporate Centre, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai 400,021 India |
Key people | Capt. Anoop Kumar Sharma (Chairman and Managing Director) |
Revenue | ₹39,026.9 million (US$580 million)[1] |
Website | www.shipindia.com |
The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) (Hindi: भारतीय नौवहन निगम) (BSE: 523598NSE: SCI) is a Government of India Public Sector Enterprise with its headquarters in Mumbai[2] that operates and manages vessels that services both national and international lines.
History
SCI was established on 2 October 1961 by the amalgamation of Eastern Shipping Corporation and Western Shipping Corporation. Two more shipping companies, Jayanti Shipping Company and Mogul Lines Limited, were merged with SCI in 1973 and 1986 respectively.[3]
SCI started out with 19 vessels. It gradually metamorphosed into a conglomerate having 80 ships of 5.9 million metric tons deadweight (DWT) with interests in different segments of the shipping trade.
SCI was also awarded the prestigious "Navratna" status by Indian Government in 2008.
Fleet
The SCI operates a fleet of 69 vessels (18 November 2016) totalling 5.85 million DWT. It also manages 53 vessels (01 November 2016) totalling 310,414 DWT on behalf of various Government Departments and other organisations. SCI’s owned fleet includes Bulk carriers, Crude oil tankers, Product tankers, Container vessels, Passenger-cum-Cargo vessels, Phosphoric Acid / Chemical carriers, LPG / Ammonia carriers and Offshore Supply Vessels.
Particulars No. Crude Oil 16 Product 14 Gas 2 VLCC 5 Bulk Carriers 16 Liners 5 Offshore Supply 10 Passenger-cum-Cargo 1 Total 69
Services
- Liner and Passenger services
- Bulk carrier and tanker services
- Offshore services
Major clients
- Indian Oil Corporation
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
- Steel Authority of India Ltd.
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
- Reliance Industries Ltd.
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
- British Petroleum
- British Gas
- Shell
- Tata tea
References
- ↑ "BSE Plus". Bseindia.com. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ↑ Archived 10 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Archived 15 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine.