Who owns The Great Eastern Shipping Company?
The Great Eastern Shipping Company is owned by Great Eastern Shipping (India, NSE: GESHIP).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: About Us - The Great Eastern Shipping Company. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇳 India
- Origin
- 🇮🇳 India
- Founded
- 1948
- Category
- Travel & transport › Container & bulk shipping
- Parent ticker
- NSE: GESHIP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About The Great Eastern Shipping Company
G E Shipping is an Indian tramp shipping company whose own history page dates its first voyage to 1948 and credits the Sheth and Bhiwandiwalla families. Its home page lists tanker and dry bulk shipping and offshore oilfield services through Greatship (India) Limited.
Ownership timeline of The Great Eastern Shipping Company
- Current owner Great Eastern Shipping [1] reported
Where The Great Eastern Shipping Company sits in Great Eastern Shipping
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Great Eastern Shipping ownership tree →
Other brands in container & bulk shipping, and who owns them
The 78 brands in container & bulk shipping on Brandtree belong to 76 owners. The largest is Bahri, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bahri Dry Bulk | Bahri | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Klaveness Combination Carriers | Klaveness | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Navig8 | ADNOC L&S | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Ardmore Shipping | Ardmore Shipping | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| ESL Shipping | Aspo | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Awilco LNG | Awilco LNG | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| BW LPG | BW LPG | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| C3is | C3is | 🇬🇷 Greece |
About the owner: Great Eastern Shipping
Great Eastern Shipping is a publicly listed company headquartered in India. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as NSE: GESHIP.
The Great Eastern Shipping Company says on its history page that it was started by the Sheth and Bhiwandiwalla families and began its first voyage in 1948 with the Liberty ship SS Fort Elice. Its home page describes a shipping business carrying crude oil, products and dry bulk cargo, and an offshore business run through its subsidiary Greatship (India) Limited. Its site carries listed-company disclosures but the exchange and symbol were not read.
Great Eastern Shipping: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇳 The Great Eastern Shipping Company and other Indian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 255 brands that began in India. 9 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; The Great Eastern Shipping Company is not one of them.
- Adani Airports Holdings — Adani Group 🇮🇳
- Adani Ports — Adani Ports 🇮🇳
- Air India — Air India 🇮🇳
- Akasa Air — Akasa Air 🇮🇳
- Alliance Air — Alliance Air 🇮🇳
- Blue Dart Aviation — DHL Group 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The Great Eastern Shipping Company?
The parent company of The Great Eastern Shipping Company is Great Eastern Shipping, a publicly listed company headquartered in India.
Is The Great Eastern Shipping Company Indian?
Yes. The Great Eastern Shipping Company originated in India in 1948 and its owner, Great Eastern Shipping, is also headquartered in India.
Is The Great Eastern Shipping Company still owned by Great Eastern Shipping?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, The Great Eastern Shipping Company is still owned by Great Eastern Shipping. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] About Us - The Great Eastern Shipping Company — The Great Eastern Shipping Company, Official document; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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