Maritime Directory

Kolkata, India

The India Steamship Company Limited (ISS) was incorporated in 1928. The company has been promoted by K. K. Birla Group of Companies. The promoter's stake in the company is presently at 45.69 per cent. The company was traditionally in liner shipping business, with its main areas of operations being at UK/ Continent and former USSR. However, with the disposal of general cargo vessel by next year, the company will be engaged fully in the carriage of dry bulk and wet cargo. The subsidiaries of ISS are: ISS Shipping Services Limited ISS Shipping & Trading Services Limited ISS Holding Limited The turnover of ISS for FY1999-2000 was Rs. 482.2 million. Future plan The ISS intends to sell/scrap M. V. Indian Goodwill during the 1st half of year 2001 and acquire a Panamax bulk carrier before the close of year 2001.

Illovo,, Johannesburg, South Africa

Safmarine is a separately-managed company and a trading name within the A.P. Moller Group. Liner shipping services are offered to every part of the world by Safmarine which is one of the largest north/south operators and which is rapidly expanding into the east/west trade lanes. The company is acknowledged as a leading Africa-specialist. Safmarine has a passion for customers , not merely a focus , and believes in developing long-term business relationships with its growing customer base. Providing individualised through transport solutions and by meeting and exceeding its customers' transportation needs, the company is set apart from its competitors. A full-service network of owned agencies is located in all markets served. A fleet of some 40 owned and chartered ships transports a diverse range of commodities in excess of 600 000 teu annually. ReeferCare (temperature-controlled shipments) are handled with special expertise. Described as "shipping line with a conscience", in recognition of its humanitarian and environmental projects, Safmarine has also been honoured commercially every year for more than a decade by the Lloyd's Group for schedule-integrity and fast transit times on many of the major trading routes, including Europe, Southern Africa, South America, West Africa, Pakistan and India.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Business Interests - liner shipping agencies, port agency and chartering, cargo handling, container terminal, bulk terminals, ancilliary marine services, logistics and distribution.

Washington, DC, United States

Washington, DC, United States

The World Shipping Council is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing more than forty liner shipping companies serving America's international trade. Council members include the largest container lines in the world as well as smaller niche carriers, and carriers providing roll-on/roll-off and heavy-lift services. In addition to ocean transportation, they provide a wide range of intermodal and logistics services to American importers and exporters. The Council's goal is to provide a coordinated voice for the liner shipping industry in its work with policymakers and other industry groups interested in international transportation issues, including: maritime security, regulatory policy, tax issues, safety, the environment, harbor dredging and upgrading the infrastructure needed to handle America's booming trade. Partners in America's Trade The liner shipping industry is a vital, contributing partner in America's foreign trade and economic growth. Over the past ten years, U.S. international trade in goods has doubled and rapid growth is expected in the next decade as well. Last year, U.S. oceanborne trade amounted to more than $700 billion. Liner shipping, with its network of vessels, containers, port terminals and information systems, handled two-thirds of that trade and did so smoothly, efficiently and at rates lower than those fifteen years ago. These low rates enhance the competitiveness of U.S. products in world markets and bring a variety of quality goods to our homes at low cost. Your VCR was carried from Hong Kong for about one dollar; ocean shipping services from Asia added about 40 cents to the price of the sneakers you're wearing; and it cost three cents to put that bottle of German beer in your refrigerator. The liner shipping industry is a constant innovator- linking American businesses directly and efficiently with their customers around the world on a door-to-door basis. The industry is also an essential investor in the transportation system that carries the United States' international commerce. Liner carriers have invested over $150 billion in transportation assets currently in service worldwide and, if trade projections are accurate, they will need to invest billions of dollars more in ships and equipment to service trade growth over the next ten years. With confidence in how public policy will affect our industry, members of the World Shipping Council can build on this partnership in serving America's trade and keeping the country's economy strong and growing.