company limited type public company traded as bse 500620 nse geship industry shipping founded 1948 1 headquarters worli mumbai maharashtra key people k. m. sheth chairman bharat k. sheth md 2 revenue 22.45 billion us 330 million 3 website www.greatship.com the great eastern shipping company limited is india s largest private sector shipping company which mainly transports liquid gas and solid bulk products . the company has two main business shipping and offshore . the shipping business is involved in transportation of crude oil petroleum products gas and dry bulk commodities . the offshore business ; services the oil companies in carrying out offshore exploration and production activities through its wholly owned subsidiary greatship india limited . the shipping business has been awarded the iso 9001 2000 standard certification by dnv . g e shipping was founded by the sheths and the bhiwandiwallas who started their own shipping line to help expand the reach of their trading businesses . in 1948 after obtaining the mothballed liberty ship ss fort elice g e shipping began its maiden voyage under the entrepreneurial genius of vasant j. sheth and steered ahead confidently tasting new waters and exploring new avenues . as of 2007 it had some 944 employees including sailing staff . 4 it is listed on india s two main stock exchanges i. e. the bombay stock exchange and the national stock exchange . references edit ge shipping about us history . greatship.com . retrieved 2 february 2011 . ge shipping about us board of directors . greatship.com . retrieved 2 february 2011 . bse plus . bseindia.com . retrieved 2 february 2011 . great eastern shipping ltd. the company profile 500620 india market size market share and demand forecast . wrightreports.ecnext.com . 31 march 2010 . retrieved 2 february 2011 . this article related to a ship transport company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about an indian company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title great eastern shipping & oldid 719497724 categories shipping companies of indiacompanies based in mumbaitransport companies established in 19481948 establishments in indiashipping company stubsindian company stubshidden categories engvarb from may 2014use dmy dates from may 2014all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 may 2016 at 01 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view