Shipping Corporation inks MoU with GoI
04/08/2016 11:01
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Shipping for the financial year 2016-17. The MOU is based on the MOU guidelines 2016-17 issued by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), said an official statement. It consists of parameters drawn on the prescribed evaluation criteria and factors such as capacity and its expansion, business environment, projects under implementation have been considered. SCI has set ambitious, growth oriented and aspirational targets against these parameters keeping its growth plans and objectives in view. These are also in line with the vision of the Ministry of Shipping and the Government of India to escalate the growth for the Maritime sector in India. The MoU will be periodically reviewed by the Ministry and the performance of the PSU would be evaluated and ratings awarded at the end of the financial year. The shipping industry is cyclical and is presently experiencing a down turn. The freight rates have come under pressure due to overcapacity of ships and are subject to a lot of volatility. Despite unfavourable market conditions and down turn being faced by the shipping industry in general, the SCI has taken proactive measures for sustained growth in these challenging times including costs-saving and has reported a consolidated net profit of Rs.389.4 crores for the financial year 2015-16. SCI has ambitious CAPEX plans in 2016-17 to augment its tonnage through acquisition of second hand vessels. SCI has been entrusted with the management of ONGC's MODUs 'Sagar Vijay' and 'Sagar Bhushan' for a period of six years. It has also been entrusted with the technical management of A&N owned 17 Foreshore vessels.
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