Shipping Corporation of India

**Shipping Corporation of India**
**भारतीय नौवहन निगम**

Type	State-owned enterprise public company (BSE: 523598 NSE: SCI)
Industry	Shipping
Founded	Bombay, 2 October 1961 (1961-10-02)
Headquarters	Corporate Centre, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai 400,021 India
Key people	Arun Kumar Gupta (Chairman and managing director)
Revenue	₹39026.9 million (US$570 million)^[1]
Website	www.shipindia.com

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) (Hindi: भारतीय नौवहन निगम) (BSE: 523598 NSE: 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 Head Office at Nariman Point Mumbai

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.

Recent contracts

On 17 September 1991 SCI signed Contracts with STX Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. of South Korea for building and delivering six Newbuilding LR-I Product Tankers. This is the largest shipbuilding contract in terms of value, signed by SCI since its inception.
On 14 November 2006, SCI signed Contracts with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industry, of South Korea for building and delivering two Newbuilding 4,400 TEU Container Vessels. The deliveries of these vessels are scheduled by the end of November 2008.

Fleet

The SCI operates a fleet of 74 vessels (1 March 2014) totalling 5.90 million DWT. It also manages 39 vessels (1 March 2013) totalling 200,658 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 18 Product 14 Chemical 1 Gas 2 VLCC 4 Bulk Carriers 17 Liners 5 Offshore Supply 12 Passenger-cum-Cargo 1 Total 74

Services

Liner and Passenger services
Bulk carrier and tanker services
Offshore services

Major clients

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

Transport in India

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Rail	Indian Railways High-speed rail Ministry of Railways Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India List of railway stations Suburban rail Rapid transit Tram transport Rail incidents

Air	List of airports List of commercial airlines List of low cost airlines Ministry of Civil Aviation

Water	Shipping Corporation of India Ports Ministry of Shipping Inland Waterways Authority of India

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Public Sector Undertakings in India (List)

Maharatna	Bharat Heavy Electricals Coal India Gas Authority of India Indian Oil Corporation National Thermal Power Corporation Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Steel Authority of India

Navratna	Bharat Electronics Bharat Petroleum Corporation Container Corporation of India Engineers India Hindustan Aeronautics Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Mahanagar Telephone Nigam National Aluminium Company National Buildings Construction Corporation National Mineral Development Corporation Neyveli Lignite Corporation Oil India Power Finance Corporation Power Grid Corporation of India Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Rural Electrification Corporation Shipping Corporation of India

Miniratna-I	Airports Authority of India Antrix Corporation Balmer Lawrie Bharat Coking Coal Bharat Dynamics Bharat Earth Movers Bharat Sanchar Nigam Bridge & Roof Company (India) Central Warehousing Corporation Central Coalfields Chennai Petroleum Corporation Cochin Shipyard Dredging Corporation of India Kamarajar Port Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Goa Shipyard Hindustan Copper Hindustan Newsprint Hindustan Paper Corporation HLL Lifecare Housing and Urban Development Corporation Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Indian Rare Earths Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ircon International India Tourism Development Corporation India Trade Promotion Organization Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Mazagaon Dock Mahanadi Coalfields Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Mishra Dhatu Nigam Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India MOIL MSTC National Fertilizers National Seeds Corporation Nathpa Jhakri Dam National Hydroelectric Power Corporation North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Northern Coalfields Numaligarh Refinery Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Pawan Hans Projects and Development India Rail Vikas Nigam RailTel Corporation of India Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers RITES Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India South Eastern Coalfields State Trading Corporation of India Telecommunications Consultants India THDC India Water and Power Consultancy Services Western Coalfields

Miniratna-II	Bharat Pumps & Compressors Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Central Railside Warehouse Company Educational Consultants India Engineering Projects (India) Ltd. FCI Aravali Gypsum and Minerals (India) Ferro Scrap Nigam HMT (International) HSCC (India) Indian Medicines and Pharmaceuticals Corporation MECON Mineral Exploration Corporation National Film Development Corporation of India National Small Industries Corporation PEC Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments

Information updated as of 26 October, 2014 by Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (India) • See also Public sector banks in India

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