DNA: Shipping Corp of India lines up big LNG push

Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), the only Indian company to have Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) transportation capability, is expanding operations to rapidly grow the business as a separate vertical.

The state-owned company is in talks with foreign companies to offer technical and commercial management. “We are also in talks with few like-minded companies where we are venturing towards technical and commercial management of ships,” Sunil Thapar, director, bulk carrier and tanker division, told dna.

SCI, in a consortium with three Japanese companies, owns three LNG ships which have been leased to Petronet to transport LNG from Qatar to its Dahej facility in Gujarat. 

“We have offered to do manning and technical management for their (foreign) ships because it has been proven that SCI's operations are much cheaper than foreign company's operations and competent as well,” Thapar said. MORE