Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd
Jagjivan Ujamshi Mulji, was a businessman by instinct, nationalist by thinking and a humanist by tradition. His first name, ‘Jag’ translates to 'the universe’, and adorns as a prefix to every ship of G E Shipping. Initially into textile business, he eventually started a sugar-trading firm in partnership with the Bhiwandiwallas. Popular as 'Sugar Bapa', he fathered the culture of fair-price shops for an efficient distribution network of sugar in the country. It was in the sugar importing business that he acquired commendable expertise in the business of chartering ships, which eventually helped in laying the foundation of the company.
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Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd
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The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited is engaged in the business of providing shipping services. The Company's segments include shipping and offshore. The shipping business is involved in transportation of crude oil, petroleum products, gas and dry bulk commodities. The offshore business services to the oil companies in carrying out offshore exploration and production activities. The Company's tanker fleet consists of approximately 20 tankers aggregating over 1.81 million dead weight ton (Mn dwt). Its dry bulk fleet consists of approximately nine vessels aggregating over 0.59 Mn dwt. The Company offers crude oil carrier vessels, which include JAG LALIT, JAG LOK, JAG LYALL, JAG LAKSHITA and JAG LATA; product carrier vessels, such as JAG APARNA, JAG PRANAV, JAG PRABHA, JAG PUSHPA and JAG PAHEL; liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier vessels, which include JAG VISHNU and JAG VIDHI, and dry bulk carrier vessels, such as JAG ANAND, JAG ARYA, JAG AJAY, JAG RANI, JAG RATAN and JAG ROOPA.