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The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited

Shipping line — Ballard Estate, Mumbai. Since 1948.

Great Eastern Shipping, founded in 1948 by the Sheth and Bhiwandiwalla families, is the largest private shipping company in India, listed on the exchanges and headquartered at Ocean House, 134/A Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, with its historic office at Ballard Estate; its fleet carries crude oil, products, gas and dry bulk worldwide, and Greatship runs offshore vessels.

The Sheth family still leads it.

NameThe Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited
Where in MumbaiBallard Estate, Mumbai
What they doShipping line
Since1948

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