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Chowgule Steamships Limited

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Chowgule Steamships Limited was incorporated in April, 1963, with three liberty ships to facilitate the transportation needs of iron ore exports of its parent company, Chowgule & Company Pvt. Ltd. With the changing fortunes of the steel industry by the early 1980’s, virtually all the ships of CSL were deployed on the international cross trades.

Chowgule Steamships Limited has emerged as a pioneer in the Indian shipping sector. It not only built the first Indian bulk carrier for an Indian owner, named M.V. Maratha Progress, but also pioneered the first Indian phosphoric acid carrier by converting a dry bulk vessel. It started the Indian coastal trade by transporting clinker to split plants at Ratnagiri and Magdalla, which led to the development of minor ports in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Chowgule Steamships Limited has an international Handysize vessel M.V. Maratha Promise of 37,187 DWT age of eight years. Vessel is engaged in time charters with reputed international charterers, moving bulk cargoes like grain, coal, fertilisers, steel, alumina etc.

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