The Shipping Corporation of India is a company owned by the Government of India that operates and manages vessels that services both national and international lines. It was established on October 2nd, 1961, by the amalgamation of Eastern Shipping Corporation and Western Shipping Corporation.
Starting out as a marginal Liner shipping Company with just 19 vessels, the SCI has today evolved into the largest Indian shipping Company. The SCI also has substantial interests in various segments of the shipping trade. 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,
- Offshore Supply Vessels.
As the country’s premier shipping line, the SCI owns and operates around one-third of the Indian tonnage, and has operating interests in practically all areas of the shipping business; servicing both national and international trades.
In view of the demand from Indian trade, the SCI has diversified into a large number of areas. The SCI is today the only Indian shipping Company operating.
- Break-bulk services,
- international container services,
- liquid/dry bulk services,
- offshore services,
- Passenger services.
In addition, the SCI maintains and manages a large number of vessels on behalf of various government departments and organizations.
For growth and diversification SCI has focused on energy transportation, including a sunrise segment like transportation of LNG and containers.
In the field of LNG transportation, SCI is the only Indian shipping company engaged in transportation of LNG. For the same purpose, SCI has formed three Joint Ventures with one vessel each. On two of these LNG vessels, SCI is managing onboard operation and technical management and the remaining vessel is fully manned by SCI.
