Research and Markets: Shipping Industry in India - 616 Ships, with a Total Capacity of 6.62 Million Tons.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Shipping Industry in India to their offering. The Indian shipping industry consists of about 616 ships, with a total capacity of 6.62 million tons Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT GRT Great GRT Glimcher Realty Trust GRT Grand River Transit (Waterloo, Canada) GRT General Relativity Theory GRT Group Rapid Transit GRT Gruppo per le Relazioni Transculturali ). Of these, about 258 ships are engaged in overseas trade and the rest ply inland routes. After a period of decline, both tonnage and fleet size have grown recently, with the addition of ships -- tugs, survey vessels, towing vessels as well as pilot vessels -- belonging to ports and maritime boards. These were added between April 2002 and March 2003. There are about 55 shipping companies in the sector, of which 19 deal exclusively in coastal trade, and 29 are engaged in overseas trade. The rest operate in both types of trade. A few major players dominate the sector. Of these, the state-owned Shipping Corporation of India The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is a company owned by the Government of India that operates and manages vessels that services both national and international lines. It is listed on BOM stock exchange with ticker Ticker: SCI. (SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. ), and the private sector Great Eastern Shipping have mixed fleets. Essar Shipping focuses on the energy trade and mainly operates tankers. Chowgule Shipping and Varun Shipping are two other large companies in the sector. Varun Shipping operates mainly in wet, dry bulk, gas and chemical transport sectors and Chowgule moves bulk cargoes like iron ore, grain, coal, fertilizers etc. This report provides an analysis of the Shipping Industry in India. Information provided includes: -Industry Overview -Demand Drivers for Growth -Age Profile of Indian ships -Composition of Indian Fleet -Regulatory Framework -Major Players Shipping Corporation of India Great Eastern Shipping (GESCO GESCO Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Pakistan) ) Essar Shipping Ltd (ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. ) Varun Shipping Ltd (VSL VSL Vessel (shipping) VSL Value of Statistical Life VSL Virtual Software Library VSL Variable Speed of Light (theoretical cosmology/physics) VSL Vector Statistical Library VSL Straight Line Velocity ) For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c3470 |
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