Essar Shipping Ltd. (ESL) is one of the world’s leading integrated sea logistics companies, with a special focus on transportation solutions for the global energy business. A strong management team of experienced marine professionals steers the company, maintaining customer focus, world-class operations, an impressive safety record and a consistent financial performance. Our fleet accounts for almost 14% of India’s shipping fleet and we own the country’s largest VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier), which is also India’s first double hull, double bottom VLCC.

Essar Global Limited (EGL) is a diversified business corporation with a balanced portfolio of assets straddling the manufacturing and services sectors of Steel, Energy, Power, Telecommunications, Shipping Ports & Logistics, Construction and Mining & Minerals. EGL has a firm value of approximately USD 50 billion (INR 200,000 crore) and employs 38,000 people across offices in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. ESL is a truly global company, deriving nearly three-quarters of revenues from international business. Our fleet of 30 vessels – made up of one VLCC, six Suezmaxes, three product tankers, five dry cargo bulk carriers, 11 mini-bulk carriers and four tugs – is valued at about US$ 415 m (Rs. 1.9 billion). The fleet is modern, sophisticated, and fuel-efficient and one of India's youngest, with an average age of 14 years against a world average of 19 years. The Vadinar terminal extends the value chain of ESL's sea logistics services by providing storage and handling facilities for 32 MTPA of crude oil and 14 MTPA of petroleum products.

Essar Shipping is one of the world's lowest-cost operators, with an exemplary safety record. We handle our technical management entirely in-house, maintaining our fleet to the highest quality, safety and operational standards. We were the first Indian shipping company to obtain the International Safety Management (ISM) code for our fleet of bulkers and tankers in July 1995, three years ahead of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) deadline. We were also the first Indian shipping company to voluntarily comply with ISO 9002:1994 standards and have now upgraded to ISO 9001:2000 standards. Our vessels received the US Coast Guard's AMVER award for high maritime safety standards. We were the first Indian company to operate oil tankers in the highly competitive Atlantic region, especially to the US, which has stringent environment laws and heavy liabilities for failure. We are among the first shipping companies in the world to comply with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) code.