SCI Middle East India Liner Express (SMILE) Service of SCI & Chennai Colombo Gulf Service (CCG) of Partner
SMILE and CCG services seamlessly links up Persian Gulf with East Coast of India and West Coast of India, thereby, strengthening and expanding SCI’s presence in Coastal Shipping Sector. Joint operation on this route is a force multiplier for SCI, providing high quality Coastal Services on fixed day, fixed window basis with potential for even bigger expansion in Coastal and near Coastal trades with special emphasis on the East Coast of India ports. These two services viz. SMILE and CCG with their service rotations makes it feasible to connect pan-Indian ports with improved transit time. SCI seeks to cooperate with other Indian Companies to work out the best transportation solutions for the trading community vis-à-vis commercially, economically viable and environmentally feasible options. SCI connects West Coast of India to Southern & Eastern ports of India viz. Vizag, Katupalli & Krishnapatnam offering Pan India service since thereby promoting GOI initiative ‘Sagarmala’, increased coastal shipping and effecting modal shift.
Contacts for SCI’s Coastal Services:
Mr. Vinod Padale , Chief Manager
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., 245, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai-400 021
Tel : 022 22772468 (O), Mob : 97022 09933
Mr. Mazahir Akhlaque, Manager
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., 245, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai-400 021
Tel : 022 22772454 (O), Mob : 9594830467
Email : smile.comm@sci.co.in
Inland Waterways Services: Inland and Coastal Shipping Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of your Company has made foray into Inland Waterways Shipping Services by taking over IWAI vessels viz. m.v. Rabindra Nath Tagore and m.v. Lal Bahadur Shastri for operating these vessels on NW1 between Kolkata – Patna – Varanasi and on NW2 between Kolkata and Pandu. Subsequently an MoU has been signed with IWAI for taking over of two RO-RO vessels viz. m.v. Gopinath Bordoloi and m.v. Sankar Dev.
Contact for Inland Waterways Service:
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., 245, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai-400 021
Tel : 22 22772470 (O), Mob : 9874925588
Email : archana.bharti@sci.co.in
