Honouring our past, navigating the present, and shaping the future of maritime excellence.
Events & Initiatives
A symbol that blends our heritage and maritime vision — the number, emblem and wave motif together tell the DGS story.
This commemorative celebration highlights the Directorate General of Shipping's seven-and-a-half-decade journey in serving the nation. It honours achievements, showcases institutional memory, and outlines the roadmap for continued maritime leadership.
Represents milestone, resilience and stewardship across 75 years.
The seal of trust and authority, reflecting decades of policymaking and commitment.
Symbol of India’s maritime domain, movement, and timeless connection with the sea.
Once, the gods churned the ocean wide, From venom’s dark, hope did abide. Varuna watched, the stars aligned, A compass burned in the sailor’s mind. From Harappa’s docks where rivers kissed, To Chola fleets in monsoon mist, From pepper winds to Roman gold, India’s seas her story told. Jahaz Bhavan, strong and bright, Stands a lighthouse, casting light.
Through storm and calm, through night and day, It steers the fleet along the way. This is India’s legacy, a saga of courage upon the sea, The story of maritime might and of tides that guard her sovereign right.
But sails of conquest scarred the sky Cannons thundered, chains drew nigh. Yet teakwood ships with iron will, Bore India’s spirit, unbroken still. Then rose the cry, the Swadeshi flame, Freedom’s horn the oceans claim.
A tricolor dream upon the foam, A nation’s call the seas her home. And in that dawn, a captain came, DG Shipping born in freedom’s name.