Select shares from the shipping sector, namely SCI, GRSE and Mazagon Dock are sharply higher in anticipation of further push by the government which has been increasingly looking to boost shipping and shipbuilding activities in India, both for domestic market as well as for exports.
Indian Port Rail & Ropeway Corporation, Sagarmala Development Company and Shipping Corporation of India will be the stakeholders in Bharat Global Ltd
The primary issue stalling the process is the transfer of lease of non-core assets from the SCI to Shipping Corporation of India Land and Assets Limited. The Mumbai collector has submitted the proposal to the state's revenue department, but the process got bogged down on extensive bureaucratic consultations, sources tell Moneycontrol.
The Maharashtra cabinet has already given a stamp duty exemption. The SCI building in Maharashtra is now with its demerged entity, Shipping corporation of India Land and Assets Limited.
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SCI is the midst of a court case for non-payment of medical dues to its employees. There is also no clear picture of how employees will be compensated after the demerger under the pension scheme of the company.
The Maharashtra Cabinet has given stamp duty exemption on the demerger.
Planned stake sales will fall short of Rs 51,000 crore disinvestment target.
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd James Austin III, who arrived in New Delhi for a three-day visit to India earlier on Friday, met with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
Last week, the board of Shipping Corp met and approved an updated demerger scheme for hiving off the non-core assets of SCI to Shipping Corporation of India Land and Assets Ltd (SCILAL), including Shipping House in Mumbai and MTI (Maritime Training Institute) in Powai, to complete the process of de-merging all non-core assets to the new company SCILAL.
As part of the strategic-sale process, the government is hiving off Shipping House and the training institute in Pune and some other non-core assets of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI).
An Indian investor will have to watch the container shipping rally from the sidelines or play it by betting on companies who manufacture containers
The government has pegged the disinvestment target for FY22 at Rs 1.75 lakh crore. This will include the shedding of Centre's stake in two state-owned banks and a general insurance company, and large-scale asset sales, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during her budget presentation.
The land and stake sale is expected to be completed by FY20-end
The government’s decision to sell BPCL, SCI and Concor indicates it is no longer diffident about privatisation
"It is encouraging to see the government take further steps to push the reforms agenda as well as address some of the critical pain points of industry.
However, total income during April-June rose to Rs 900.87 crore, from Rs 861.73 crore in the same quarter a year ago.
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In a filing to BSE today, the company said it will seek shareholders' approval through postal ballots for "re-deployment of Rs 330 crore received as refund from shipyards which were originally part of the proceeds of the further public offer".
The state-owned company had posted standalone net profit of Rs 161.8 crore in the July-September quarter of the 2015-16 fiscal, Shipping Corporation of India said in a BSE filing.
The company has been awarded two years rate contract from Dredging Corporation of India with the option to extend for further period of one year
BB Sinha, CMD, SCI said SCI's liner business has faced losses due to declining freight rates which has arisen due to the China meltdown. But he says its offshore sector is doing well.
ICICIdirect.com has recommended hold rating on Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) with a target price of Rs 60, in its research report.
State-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) today reported a standalone net profit of Rs 18.59 crore for the quarter ended September this fiscal.
Shipping Corporation posted a net loss of Rs 66 crore this quarter as against a net loss of Rs 75.26 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.