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DIRECTORS’ REPORT To the Members, Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the 66th Annual Report on the working of your Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2016. Accounting Year The year under report covers a period of 12 months ended on 31st March, 2016. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE The comparative position of the working results for the year under report vis-a-vis earlier year is as under: (` in Crores) 2015-16 2014-15 Gross Earnings 4277 4588 Gross Profit (before interest, depreciation, items relating to earlier 1299 1239 years, exceptional items & tax) Less : Interest 161 179 Depreciation and Impairment 716 877 770 949 Profit before items relating to earlier years, exceptional items & tax 422 290 Prior year's adjustments 2 (14) Profit before Extraordinary items & tax 424 276 Extraordinary items - - Provision for Indian Taxation (47) (75) Net Profit 377 201 Appropriations : The working results for your company for the year 2015-16 after considering prior period adjustments show a profit of ` 377.29 crores. An amount of `90.0 crores has been transferred to Tonnage Tax Reserve u/s 115VT of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Your Directors propose to make appropriations of ` 1.4 crores for FY 2015-16 Under Staff Welfare Fund. After adjusting an opening debit balance of ` 34.72 crores (being balance profit and loss account brought forward from previous year), there is a credit balance in Profit & Loss A/c of ` 251.17 crores. Brief Analysis of Financial Performance SCI has reported net profit of `377.29 Crores for financial year 2015-16. The shrinkage in Bulk carriers and Liner freight rates was offset by increase in Tanker freight rates. Due to steep fall in Market Prices and Freight rates of some of the vessels, the company had to make provision for impairment loss of `136 crores. Reduction in depreciation due to change in useful life of Tankers and Offshore vessels coupled with reduction in bunker cost have contributed positively to the current year profit. The consolidated Net Profit of the company for the Financial year 2015 - 16 was ` 389.40 Crores. Performance and Financial positions of joint ventures included in consolidated financial statements: As on 31.12.2015 Fig (` in lacs) Particulars ILT 1 ILT 2 ILT 3 ILT 4 Total Income 15463 16795 17809 - PAT 3976 5207 248 (158) Equity capital 15 15 7 10853 Number of equity shares 10,000 10,000 10,000 123,62,500 EPS .40 .52 .25 - Dividend 0 0 0 0 Net worth 9532 9629 (10156) 10636 • ILT 4 is yet to start its operations as the vessel is still under construction. • Net Impact on Consolidated profits is increase of Rs 1211 lacs upon proportionate consolidation of above joint ventures and on Net worth is decline of Rs 203 lacs. 20 DIRECTORS’ REPORT 1.0 Fleet Position during the Year: During the year under report, there has been no addition or deletion of vessels to SCI’s fleet. Thus the overall fleet of SCI remained steady at 69 vessels of 5.89 million DWT at the end of the year. Fleet Profile during the Year Particulars As on 1.4.2015 Additions Deletions As on 31.3.2016 No. DWT No. DWT No. DWT No. DWT 1. (a) Crude Oil Tanker 21 3,608,001 - - - - 21 3,608,001 (b) Product Tankers 14 908,059 - - - - 14 908,059 (c) Gas Carriers 2 35,202 - - - - 2 35,202 2. Bulk Carriers 17 1,113,889 - - - - 17 1,113,889 3. Liner Ships 5 202,413 - - - - 5 202,413 4. Offshore Supply Vsls. 9 20,150 - - - - 9 20,150 5. Passenger-Cum-Cargo Vessels 1 5,140 - - - - 1 5,140 Total 69 5,892,854 - - - - 69 5,892,854 2.0 During the period under report, no vessel was inducted in SCI fleet: 2.1 During the same period, the no vessels were disposed off from SCI fleet: 2.2 At the end of the year 2015-16, the Company had NIL vessels on order. Particulars of Loans, Guarantees and investments. Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments are given in the notes to financial statements Extract of Annual Return In accordance with section 134 (3) (a) and section 92(3) of the companies Act, 2013 read with relevant rules, an extract of annual return in form MGT-9 as on 31st March, 2016 is appended to the Directors’ Report. Subsidiaries and Associates Your company has no subsidiary Company and has six Joint Ventures. Pursuant to section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, a statement containing salient features of our associates companies in form AOC-1 is appended to the Director’s Report. In accordance to section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013 the audited financial statements, of the company are available on our website www.shipindia.com. Particulars of contracts/arrangements with related parties Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, in the prescribed form AOC-2, is appended to the Director’s Report. The details are also available in Note 31 to under ‘Notes on Financial Statement’. Particulars of Employees In accordance with Ministry of Corporate Affairs notification no. GSR 463(E) dated 5th June, 2015, Government Companies are exempt from Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 and its rules thereof. Risk Management In accordance with the section 134(3)(n) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Risk Management is forming a part of the Corporate Governance Report. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, The information pertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption is forming a part of the Management Discussion and Analysis Report. Foreign Exchange Earnings and outgo (` in crores) Particulars 2015-2016 2014-2015 Foreign exchange earned and saved including deemed earned and saved 3,771.57 4,103.73 Foreign exchange used including deemed used 3,678.42 4,183.32 Expenses on Entertainment, Foreign tours etc. – FY 2015-16 During the year under report your Company spent ` 42 lakhs on entertainment, `246 lakhs on publicity & advertisements and `386 lakhs on foreign tours of Company’s executives. 66th Annual Report 2015 - 2016 The Shipping Corporation of India Limited 21 DIRECTORS’ REPORT MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS. The overall scenario under which the Shipping Industry operated and which impacted the various segments is discussed below; A. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENTS i) Global Scenario The year 2015 was marked by subdued economic activity. In terms of a rebound, the global recovery vehicle is still far away from its destination. Although the major chunk (around 70%) of global growth is still attributed to economic growths of developing and emerging nations, their share in global growth appears to be gradually subdued and waning for the fifth consecutive year. The major factors influencing global outlook were Chinese slowdown in the infrastructure, manufacturing & capital investment sectors, marginal tightening of monetary policy by US on the backdrop of their strengthening economy, prices for energy & power commodities continuing to remain lower. Oil prices declined significantly from September 2015 onwards, which benefitted the importers, while straining the economies of exporters. The US economy remained solid with firm housing & labor markets & is expected to hold its position in 2017. Europe, Japan, India and other emerging economies of Asia reaped the benefits of lower oil prices. As per analysts, the Chinese economy is shifting from import-export focus to internal consumption & services. After a stellar performance in the FY15-16, the Indian economy is expected to outperform China again in 16-17 in terms of growth rate. ii) Global GDP The world GDP grew by an average of 3.1% in 2015, with growth estimates for 2016 and 2017 at 3.4% and 3.6% respectively. The growth in US is expected to be 2.6% in 2016-17. Meanwhile, Europe & other advanced economies are expected to show moderate to slow recovery. China continues to face slowdown in its import-export & capital-intensive sectors. Though a paradigm shift towards internal consumption & services is expected to balance the Chinese economy to some extent, still many analysts predict a medium-to-sharp slowdown in Chinese economy, which is expected to grow at 6.3% per annum. On the other hand India is expected to again surpass China with a growth rate of 7.5% driven mainly by a stable government & lower oil import costs. The IMF report forecasts global trade to grow from 2.6% in 2015 to 3.4% and 4.1% in 2016 and 2017 respectively, owing to steady trade volumes of advanced economies, while a significant growth in trade within emerging economies. Emerging economies are riding on the lower energy prices, which should reduce overall business costs, while having the advantage of growing domestic demand. The global GDP growth directly impacts the international trade (export and imports) and a higher GDP in turn would have a positive impact on the shipping industry as about 80% of the international trade by volume is carried by shipping. iii) Seaborne Trade, Fleet & Market Globally, the oil trade (i.e. ‘Crude Oil’ and ‘Products’ segments) growth rose by 2.91% compared to 0.5% growth in 2014. In the oil seaborne trade development, the ‘Crude oil’ trade increased by 2.81% at 2,085 million tons in 2015, whereas ‘Products’ trade was 806 million tons in 2015, increasing by 3.20%. The tanker fleet expanded by 16.68% in 2015 as compared to 0.56% during the previous year. Overall for most crude tanker owners, 2015 was a very optimistic year as steady demand growth & lag in plugging of demand-supply gap saw freight rates reaching very healthy levels.