An Overview to SCI's Tanker Commercial Department

SCI's Tanker Commercial department looks after scheduling and deployment of Tankers for feeding crude to various Indian oil refineries as well as for cross-trading in international markets. The Specialized Vessels Cell (SVC) is part of the Bulk Carrier & Tanker Division and deals with the operations and management of two Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Carriers, which are wholly owned by the SCI.

In addition, the SVC also deals with the operation and management of 4 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Tankers, which are owned by joint venture companies, in which the SCI has a sizeable share.
SCI Owns a VLGC size LPG carrier with a capacity of 17,601 DWT. Out of 4 LNG tankers owned by Joint Venture companies, two LNG Tankers S. S. Disha and S. S. Rahi, have a cargo capacity of about 138,000 cubic meters each, whereas the third LNG Tanker, S. S. Aseem has a capacity about 155,000 cubic meters and fourth LNG Tanker Prachi has the capacity of 173,000 cubic meters.