Main Line Operation:
In the early days, Shaw Wallace Bangladesh Limited (SWBL) was involved primarily in the shipping agency and tea businesses. It is one of the oldest shipping and clearing and forwarding agents of Bangladesh holding the second customs agency license issued by the Authorities in Bangladesh.
Shaw Wallace and later its wholly-owned subsidiary SW Shipping Limited, which was founded in 1997, had been associated with a glittering array of leading liner and non-liner principals over the past decades, notably :
- 01. D. D. G., Hansa
- 02. Compagnie General Maritime Cie
- 03. Compagnie Maritime Belgique
- 04. American President Lines Ltd
- 05. American Consolidation Services Ltd
- 06. Lloyd Triestino
- 07. Lloyd Brasilleiro
- 08. Taiyo Fishery Company
- 09. Taio Gyo Gyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- 10. Sincere Navigation Co. Ltd.
- 11. Hongkong Dock United Dockyard Ltd
- 12. Hansa Off-Shore (Sea) Pte Ltd
- 13. Companhia De Navegacao Lloyd Brasilero
- 14. Poompuhar Shipping Corpn. Ltd
- 15. United Molasses Co. Ltd
- 16. Dasnab Compania Naviera S.A.
- 17. Monno Overseas
- 18. Marine Overseas Services S.A.
- 19. Nordstrom & Thulin A.B.
- 20. Off-Shore Supply Association (S.E. Asia) Pte Ltd-
- 21. Sea Atlantic Shipping PTE Ltd
- 22. Gorgo Shipping Co. S.A.
- 23. Sea Atlantic Shipping PTE
- 24. Cie Maritime Francaise Intervavis
- 25. Marine Overseas Corporation S.A.
- 26. Klocker & Co.
- 27. Hamberger Lloyd
- 28. Cie Franco Comerounaise De-Navgation
- 29. Kallianis Shipping S.A.
- 30. Gebr Van Weelde Scheevaa-Rtkanioor
- 31. M Golodetx & Co. Inc
- 32. Mackonon Mackenzie & Co. Ltd
- 33. Bowoon Sangsa Co. Ltd
- 34. Scan Maritime Co. Ltd
- 35. Transatlantic Scheffamrts Kontor GMBH
- 36. Bengal Tiger Line Pte Ltd
And, finally,
Hapag-Lloyd A. G of Germany whom they served with distinction for almost 32 years up until 30 April 2013
With bright credentials of long experience and professionalism the Group’s subsidiary ‘SW Shipping Ltd’ (SWSL) continues to explore JV partnership with or agency representation of lines looking to introduce services from/to Bangladesh, a growing market for shipping and logistics services, thanks mainly to growing Readymade Garments export.