नौवहन महानिदेशालय
Directorate General of Shipping
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government of India
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Qualitative Data on Indian Tonnage

The Shipping Development Branch maintains data on vessels registered and deregistered under the Indian flag. This enables the Directorate to track the promotion of Indian tonnage and analyze the impact of various policy initiatives.

The growth of Indian tonnage over the last decade has been consistent, contributing to the country’s economy

Type wise break-up of Indian Flag Vessels

Sr. No. Type of Vessel Overseas Coastal
No of Vessels G.T. D.W.T No of Vessels G.T. D.W.T
1 General Cargo 58 976847 1240036 101 222346 313868
2 Bulk Carrier 102 3197359 4925147 24 353761 607918
3 Oil Tanker 135 6163933 10832126 28 287614 488680
4 Passenger Vessels 7 30017 5741 110 116732 24431
5 Chemical Tanker 5 104083 163586 0 0 0
6 Gas Carrier 28 1156330 1326391 4 9193 6781
7 Supply Vessel 141 388755 365328 544 396728 253791.4
8 Dredger 10 62764 74507 32 147344 102276
9 Other Vessels 6 9775 10663 209 136551 153569.8
Total 492 12089863 18943525 1052 1670269 1951315.2

GT Wise break-up of Indian Flag Vessel

Criteria Overseas Coastal
No. of Vessel Total GT Total DWT No. of Vessel Total GT Total DWT
Below 300 GT 10 1773 477 385 54799 20492.2
300 to 400 GT 9 3289 1377 110 39089 12416
400 to 500 GT 24 11254 5739 155 72872 33729
500 to 2000 GT 67 102262 105193 252 319110 372395
2000 to 5000 GT 66 198341 201304 93 262333 198205
5000 to 10000 GT 35 237807 250075 38 252592 249779
10000 to 20000 GT 30 447358 590369 6 76692 72579
20000 to 50000 GT 196 6692637 10043040 12 427463 675086
Above 50000 GT 55 4395142 7745951 1 165319 316634
Total 492 12089863 18943525 1052 1670269 1951315.2

Company wise break-up of Indian Flag Vessels

Sr. No. Name of the Company No. of Vessels Total GT Total DWT
1 A. K. Ship Management & Services 2 600 147
2 A.K. Shipping Pvt. Ltd. 2 4920 5984
3 Aashi resorts Pvt Ltd 1 451 40
4 ABS Marine Services Pvt. Ltd. 3 201 0
5 ABYSS OFFSHORE 1 78 0
6 Academy of Marine Education & Training x1 16546 0
7 ACS Marine Services Pvt. Ltd. 1 38888 74005
8 Adani Harbour Services Pvt. Ltd. 33 14490 5243
9 Adani Vizhinjam Port Pvt. Ltd. 4 1980 1254
10 ADEL SHIPPING & LOGISTICS LTD. 1 486 252
11 Adel Shipping Ltd. 1 94 14
12 Administration of Union Teritory of Lakshadweep 25 46753 11505
13 Adsun Offshore Diving Contractors Pvt. Ltd. 1 1329 1545
14 Aero Shipping LLP 0 0 0
15 Aero Shipping Services 0 0 0
16 Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. 1 130 0
17 Affable Fisheries Pvt. Ltd. 1 281 0
18 Agasta Marine Infratech Pvt. Ltd. 1 97 0
19 Ahilibai Sardesai Mining & Earthmoving 1 2257 0
20 Ajwa Logistic Pvt. Ltd. 3 385 68
21 Akurathi Sudhakar 1 1119 2072