Shreyas Shipping has signed a vessel-sharing deal with Shipping Corporation of India, in which the two companies will jointly use vessels in their respective loops.
BB Sinha, CMD, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) says, the company will have more revenue days in the fourth quarter as only three ships were in dry docking compared to 9 ships in the third quarter.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, meltdown in China, declining oil price and low exports are hurting the company's business.
The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks global freight rates for ships carrying dry-bulk commodities such as coal, iron ore and grains, has seen a fall of 32 percent. It fell from 1123 to 803 since start of December.
Going ahead, SCI will have to improve infrastructure and tonnage that supports shipping infrastructure, says company CMD AK Gupta.
The country's largest ocean liner reported a net profit of Rs 49.60 crore for the first quarter ended June 2014. It had reported a net loss of Rs 98.70 crore during April-June quarter of the last fiscal.
AK Gupta, CMD, Shipping Corporation of India is looking to raise cash from other resources such as ship building orders. The company‘s current debt stands at around Rs 8,500 crore levels.
Shipping Corporation of India declined to provide its tankers to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for lifting Iranian oil. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, S Hajara, chairman and managing director of SCI says, it cancelled the shipment as P&I club, which covers that particular vessel, refused to cover that Iran voyage.
ABG Shipyard chief financial officer, D Datar, tells CNBC-TV18 that the order from Shipping Corporation of India is a very valuable order and that they are very happy to add them as a client.
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is one of the candidates for government buyback of shares. However, S Hajra, chairman and managing director of the PSU says that approval for a buyback is not on the board's agenda yet.
State-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will tread cautiously at a time when the company is sailing in choppy waters.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, S Hajra, chairman and managing director of SCI, spoke about the reasons behind the subdued demand and excess capacity in the industry.
S Hajra, chairman and managing director of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in an interview to CNBC-TV18 clarified that Shipping Ministry has not raised any concerns regarding SCI’s profitability.
Navratna public company, Shipping Corporation of India, is planning to buy stakes in shipyards like Bharti Shipyard and Pipavav Shipyard. In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Gautam Broker and Soniya Shenoy, S Hajra, chairman and managing director of Shipping Corporation of India spoke about the company's stake buying ventures.
S Hajara, the chairman and managing director of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in an interview with CNBC-TV18 fuel cost comprise of a very large percentage of the operating expense and hence the container rates were restored to cover these expenses.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, S Hajra, CMD, Shipping Corporation of India gave his perspective on the budget and also spoke on the unmet demands of the shipping industry in the budget.