There are lots of shipping companies in our country. Shipping companies are responsible for the transport of cargo to one place to another. It is also their duty to make sure that the cargo is safe and is handed over to the person intended with no harm done. Given below is a list of shipping companies in our country.

Top Shipping Companies of India

Gujarat Maritime Board, Port Authority, Bhavnagar - This firm is considered to be one amongst the most well developed and most proactive ports in our country. The Gujarat Maritime Board was founded out in the early 1982. The main aim of this board is to provide their customers with services of the top most quality.

Cochin Shipyard Limited - The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is one amongst the largest ship manufacturing as well as maintaining facility in our country. This firm is a part of the maritime related facilities in the port city of Cochin, Kerala. The firm was incorporated in 1972 and is owned completely by the government of India. In addition to engineering works, the CSL also offers training to graduate engineers and marine engineers.

Top Shipping Companies in the Northern Part of India

• Baxi & Co, J M - Navlakhi
• Hindustan Brown Boveri
• IHC Holland - India
• TCI Seaways Limited
• Varun Shipping - N Delhi
• Westfalia Separator India

Top Shipping Companies in the Southern Part of India

• ABS Pacific - Cochin
• ABS Pacific - Mormugao Goa
• ABS Pacific - Visakhapatnam
• Allepey Port Authority
• Baxi & Co, J M - Pondicherry
• Belekeri Port Authority
• Bheemunipatnam Port Authority
• Calicut Port Authority
• Calingapatnam Port Authority
• Chennai Port Trust
• Chowgule & Co Private Limited
• Chowgule Brothers - Cochin
• Chowgule Brothers - Kakinada
• Chowgule Steamships Limited
• Cochin Port Trust
• Cochin Shipyard Limited
• Cuddalore Port Authority
• Dredging Corporation India Limited
• Electronics Marine
• Goa Shipyard Limited
• Gulf Agency - Chennai
• Gulf Agency - Cochin
• Harrisons Malayalam Limited
• Hindustan Shipyard Limited
• Hiralal & Company (Shipping)
• Honavar Port Authority
• Indian Register - Chennai
• Indian Register - Cochin
• Indian Register - Goa
• Kakinada Seaports Private Limited
• Karwar Port Office
• Kundapur Port Authority
• Lloyd’s Register - Hyderabad
• Lloyd’s Register-Visakhapatnam
• Machilipatnam Port Authority
• Malpe Port Authority
• Marine & Electrical Services
• Marine & Electrical Services
• Mormugao Port Trust
• Nagapattinam Port Authority
• Nageswaran & Narichania
• Neendakara Port Authority
• New Mangalore Port Trust
• Panaji Port Authority
• Pondicherry Port Authority
• Poompuhar Shipping
• Roy & Chatterjee Private Limited
• Sanmar Shipping Limited
• Scindia Steam Navigation
• Shalimar Works
• Sri Ganesh Shipping Agency
• Tadri Port Authority
• Trivandrum Port Authority
• Visakhapatnam Port
• Visakhapatnam Port Trust

Top Shipping Companies in the Eastern Part of India

• Apeejay Shipping Limited
• Central Inland Water Tran
• Everett (India) Private Limited
• Garden Reach Shipbuilder & Engineering
• Haldia Port Authority
• Hooghly Dock & Port Eng
• ICS - Kolkata Branch
• India Steamship
• International Clearing/Shipping
• Kolkata Port Trust
• Paradip Port Trust
• Tata Tea Limited
• Trisul Shipping & Trading

Top Shipping Companies in the Western Part of India

• ABG Shipyard Limited
• Arcadia Shipping Limited
• Bedi Bunder Port Authority
• Bedi Groups of Ports
• Beeline Shipping Limited
• Bharati Shipyard Limited
• Chowgule Brothers - Gandhidham
• Chowgule Brothers - Ratnagiri
• Confidence Shipping Limited
• Dempo Steamships Limited
• Det Norske - Mumbai
• Dolphin Offshore Enterprise
• Echkay Consultancy Services
• Essar Shipping Ports
• Geonics (Asia) Pty Limited
• Great Eastern Shipping Corporation Limited
• Gujarat Maritime - Porbandar
• Gujarat Maritime Board
• Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited
• Indian National Ship-owners
• Jafarabad Port Authority
• Jaisu Shipping Co Private Limited
• Jakhau Port Authority
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port
• Kandla Port (Jamnagar)
• Likhari & Associates
• Lloyd’s Register - Mumbai
• Maharashtra Maritime Board
• Mazagon Dock
• Mercator Ship Management
• Mumbai Port Trust
• Mundra Port
• Ocean Span Shipping Co
• Sahi Oretrans Private Limited
• SAI Shipping Co Private Limited
• Shipping Corporation of India
• SEAMEC Limited
• Seaworld Shipping & Logistics
• Shaan Marine Services Private Limited
• Shipping Corporation India (Off)
• Tolani Shipping Corporation Limited
• Trident Marine Services
• Triveni Shipping Services
• Univan Ship Management - Mumbai
• Vacman Sanitation
• Vanson Industrial Corporation
• Varun Shipping Corporation Limited
• Velji P & Sons – Jamnagar

A few of the top shipping companies include IHC Holland – India and TCI Seaways Limited in the northern part, Calicut Port Authority, Cochin Shipyard Limited, Goa Shipyard Limited and Hindustan Shipyard Limited in the Southern zone, Apeejay Shipping Limited, Garden Reach Shipbuilder & Engineering, Kolkata Port Trust and Trisul Shipping & Trading in the East zone. Top shipping companies in the Western zone include the Apeejay Shipping Limited, Garden Reach Shipbuilder & Engineering, Kolkata Port Trust and Trisul Shipping & Trading.