Pearl Shipping Agencies

The group’s flagship company, Pearl Shipping Agencies, was established in 1995 by Mr. R. Edwin Samuel, who brought over ten years of experience in shipping and allied activities gained with various reputed companies in the trade. Within a short span of time, Pearl Shipping Agencies carved a niche in the trade as a shipping agency and now has branches at Cochin, Karaikal, Chennai, Ennore, Kattupalli, Kakinada and Krishnapatnam ports. Mr. Edwin Samuel also ventured into other shipping-related activities by establishing sister concerns: Pearl Shipping & Chartering, for chartering of ships and cargoes and stevedoring, and Pearl Logistics, for customs clearance, freight forwarding, container handling and multimodal transportation. We handle around 400–450 vessels per annum across all these ports and have also specialized in agency and stevedoring for windmill blades, towers and other project cargo vessels. Pearl Group is known for quality and professional services in the trade and is certified under ISO 9001:2000 by Bureau Veritas and AEO. We are also a member of BIMCO (No. 172499). Our vision is to become the most preferred total logistics service provider in the region by offering high-quality professional services of international standards. Our mission is to provide a high degree of professional logistics services of international standards in a consistent and sustainable manner.