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The Shipping Corporation of India Limited

Shipping line — Ballard Estate, Mumbai. Since 1961.

Shipping Corporation of India, the Government’s shipping company formed in 1961, is headquartered at Shipping House, 245 Madame Cama Road, Nariman Point, and runs tankers, bulk carriers, container ships and the Andaman passenger ships; it is listed on the exchanges and has been put up for sale.

It remains the largest Indian shipowner by tonnage.

NameThe Shipping Corporation of India Limited
Where in MumbaiBallard Estate, Mumbai
What they doShipping line
Since1961

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