Shipping Corporation of India
Company type | Public |
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BSE: 523598 NSE: SCI | |
Industry | Shipping |
Founded | 2 October 1961Mumbai | in
Headquarters | Mumbai |
Key people | Binesh Kumar Tyagi (Chairman & MD) |
Revenue | ₹5,098.59 crore (US$610 million) (2022)[1] |
₹809.26 crore (US$97 million) (2022)[1] | |
Total assets | ₹13,855.06 crore (US$1.7 billion) (2022)[1] |
Total equity | ₹8,699.64 crore (US$1.0 billion) (2022)[1] |
Owner | Government of India (63.75%)[2][3] |
Number of employees | 554 (Jan 2022)[4] |
Website | shipindia.com |
The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is a public sector undertaking that operates and manages vessels servicing both national and international lines. It is under the ownership of the Government of India and under administrative control of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, with its headquarters in Mumbai.[5]
History
[edit]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.[6]
SCI started out with 19 vessels. It gradually metamorphosed into a conglomerate having 80 ships of 59 lakh (5.9 million) tonnes deadweight (DWT) with interests in different segments of the shipping trade.
Inland & Coastal Shipping Ltd. (ICSL), SCI's wholly owned subsidiary was incorporated in 2016 after Maritime India summit for undertaking/providing transport services through Inland waterways and coastal shipping.
On 21 November 2019, the Government of India approved the privatisation of SCI.[7] In 2022, the privatisation was delayed by the Russo-Ukraine war.[8]
Services
[edit]- Cruise liner and Passenger services
- Bulk carrier and tanker services
- Offshore services
Major clients
[edit]- Bharat Heavy Electricals
- Bharat Petroleum
- BP
- British Gas
- Geological Survey of India
- Hindustan Petroleum
- Indian Oil Corporation
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
- Reliance Industries
- Shell
- Steel Authority of India
- Taj Cruises
- Tata tea
See also
[edit]- Borders of India
- Container Corporation of India
- Coastal India
- Exclusive economic zone of India
- Fishing in India
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Balance Sheet 31.03.2022".
- ^ "Latest Shareholding Pattern - Shipping Corporation of India Ltd". trendlyne.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ Paris, Costas (10 March 2021). "India's Top Shipping Company Set to Kick Off Privatization Push". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.
- ^ https://www.shipindia.com/pdf/performance/SCI_Annual_Report_21-22_Revised1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Contact Us - Registered Office: Shipping House". Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.
- ^ "About us: Shipping Corporation of India". Archived from the original on 15 December 2009.
- ^ Arup Roychoudhury (21 November 2019). "Privatisation push: Cabinet approves strategic sale of BPCL, 4 other PSUs | Business Standard News". Business Standard. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Saxena, Ragini; Amin, Haslinda; Salamat, Rishaad (8 March 2022). "Ukraine war a roadblock for SCI privatisation". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 May 2022.