Bothra Group

Categories

• Freight & Shipping>CHA/ Clearing & Forwarding
• Freight & Shipping>Ship Brokers/ Charterers
• Freight & Shipping>Ship Chandlers
• Freight & Shipping>Ship Owners & Agents
• Freight & Shipping>Logistics Services>MTO/ Total Logistics Solutions
• Freight & Shipping>Logistics Services>Freight Forwarders/ Brokers/ NVOCC

Products / Services We Offer

Stevedoring
We have always made conscious efforts to develop and introduce new, innovative and efficient cargo handling methods to reduce turnaround time of vessels in port, minimize cargo handling losses and damages. As a result of our commitment to continuous improvements in these areas we hold record cargo loading and discharging rates-Load rates and discharge rates that were previously not thought possible with the present system available. Our dedicated and committed personnel have vast experience in handling all types of cargoes efficiently and economically.

Clearing & Forwarding
By sheer volume and variety of cargoes handled by us, we have developed an efficient and effective C&F department, maintaining an excellent rapport with Port and Customs authorities.
Our principals entrust us with their clearing and forwarding jobs as part of the larger job of stevedoring.

Vessel Agency
Our shipping division takes care of all vessel agency requirements operating out of our own offices at the Ports of Vizag, Paradeep, Haldia, Kolkata and Kakinada. At other ports on East and West Coast of India we work through our close associates and can offer these services wherever required. We try to ensure quick berthing of vessels, quick and efficient cargo handling operations and look after our principal’s interest to the utmost

Our experience in cargo handling operations has given us insight that allow us to anticipate likely problem areas and ensure that these problems are sorted out as early as possible, if they arise. Our goal is to ensure that all requirements of the vessel owners/charaterers are met to their utmost satisfaction.

Warehousing
Our warehousing facilities are second to none at Visakhapatnam Port. We own/have under our control over 450000square feet of covered warehousing space spread across four facilities located on over 45 acres of land. The four warehousing facilities are located within 1 to 4 kilometers from the Port and 1 to 5 kilometers from the City and National highway No.5.

Each warehouse facility has electronic weighbridge of 40 metric tons capacity. One of the warehousing facilities also has a private railway siding of 1.22 kilometers length capable of accommodating up to 60 eight wheeler wagons.

Logistics Division
Being pioneers in the concept of mechanized cargo handling operations in Indian ports, we own and maintain in-house a large and diverse range of equipment for handling all types of cargoes. We work actively with the manufacturers of the equipment by giving continuous feedback on equipment performance to help in making suitable development or modification to enable the equipment perform under difficult field conditions.

Turnkey Logistics
With our inherent strength derived from our equipment infrastructure we are able to seamlessly undertake
Turnkey Logistics for our clients right from the point of Origin to the Destination Port. We offer turnkey logistics by taking delivery of the cargo at the mines/ origin, moving it by the most economical and efficient combination of road, rail and barge to the nearest port, stacking, storing and stevedoring operations at the port and onward shipment to destination by vessels chartered by us.
We can offer our turnkey logistics services for

Chartering & Ship Broking
As part of our End to End Logistic services we undertake Vessel Operations by taking in vessels under our desponent ownership and operate vessels on Voyage charter to our clients. Ship Chartering is one of our prime activities and till date we have shipped more than 1000000 Tons on vessels chartered by us.

Company's Profile

Who are we?
Founded in 1977 by late Sri R.C.Bothra, the Bothra group of companies comprising Messrs Sarat Chatterjee & co (VSP) Pvt. Ltd. Bothra Shipping Services. N.C.Enterprisers have been in the business of handling bulk cargoes at the port of Visakhapatnam. we are one of the leading stevedoring and cargo handling concerns at Vizag. We have outstanding experience in the field of stevedoring, clearing and forwarding, steamer agency work and other port related jobs.

We are:
• Pioneers in scrap iron handling in India.
• Pioneers in the concept of mechanised cargo handling in Indian ports.
• Pioneer in the iron ore handling for private trade exports
• Largest handler of timber logs at Vizag Port.
• Largest handler of imported Fertilizer at Vizag Port.
• Largest handler of agri products at Vizag Port.

We have handled Agriproducts such as Coffee. Rice, Soya bean Meal, Sugar, Wheat, Yeast.
Fertilisers such as DAP, MAP, MOP, Urea, Fertiliser Raw material such as Rock Phosphate: Steel products such as Iron ore, Billets, HR coils, Pig Iron, Steel Plates, WR coils; Coal & Coke products such as Coking Coal and Low Ash Metallurgical Coke, Timber Logs etcetera among other cargoes and have vast experience in handling multifarious commodities and cargoes.

Tha total volume of cargo handled by us in the region of 2.5 million tons per annum and the present annual turnover is in the range of Rs. 600 million.

What do we do ?
We offer the following services, mainly at Visakhapatnam Port and also at other Indian Ports through our associates.

• Stevedoring
• Clearing & Forwarding
• Vessel agency
• Warehousing
• Logistics
• Chartering & Ship Broking
• Vessel Operations
• Inland Transport by Rail & Road

Products

• Chartering & Ship Broking

• Logistics

• Warehousing

• Vessel Agency

• Shipping, Logistics, CHA

• Stevedoring, C&F, Vessel Agents