Lines, agents and the chartering business.
Mumbai exists because of its harbour. The old port on the eastern waterfront and Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva across the water together carry a very large share of India's container and bulk trade, with the clearing, forwarding and warehousing business built around them.
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Mumbai Port
Mumbai Port, the old Bombay Port Trust of 1873, runs the docks along the eastern waterfront — Indira Dock, Prince’s and Victoria Docks, the Jawahar Dweep oil berths and the Sewri and Haji Bunder bulk berths — from its he
Ballard Estate
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.
Ballard Estate
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 p
Ballard Estate
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Ballard Estate
Samsara Shipping, founded in 1996, is a Mumbai shipping agency at Ballard Estate representing container lines and running liner and feeder services on the Indian coast.
Ballard Estate
Forbes & Company, founded in 1767 and the oldest company in India, is a Shapoorji Pallonji company headquartered at Forbes Building, Charanjit Rai Marg, Fort; its shipping and logistics arm has been agent for lines at Mu
Sewri and the Eastern Waterfront
Ericson & Richards, founded in 1958, is a Mumbai marine survey and consultancy firm at Ballard Estate, surveying ships, cargo and offshore units for owners, insurers and charterers.
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