The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is a public sector undertaking that operates and manages vessels servicing both national and international lines.

It is under the ownership of the Government of India and under administrative control of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, with its headquarters in Mumbai.

Inland & Coastal Shipping Ltd. (ICSL), SCI's wholly owned subsidiary was incorporated in 2016 after Maritime India summit for undertaking/providing transport services through Inland waterways and coastal shipping.

In year 2003, the company recruited their first ever girls batch ,the batch TNOC35 had 3 girls Namrata Singh Tarkar, Anuradha Jha and Suneha Gadpande and rest 32 boys.

On 21 November 2019, the Government of India approved the privatisation of SCI.