Bhandarkar Shipping News

Operating out of Bandra East, we spend our days keeping track of what’s happening in the shipping world. Mumbai has such a huge connection to the sea, so there is always something to report. We aren't a big glossy magazine with a huge staff. It’s more about getting the facts right and making sure the news gets out to the people who need it. Ships coming in, cargo delays, port changes—it’s all part of the daily grind here. Our office is a bit crowded with old papers and reference books, but we know where everything is. Bandra East is a good spot for us because we can get around the city pretty easily from here. We don’t use any polished PR language because our readers just want the straight news. If a ship is late, we say it’s late. We talk to captains, agents, and port workers to find out what is actually going on. It’s not always exciting; sometimes it’s just looking at schedules and waiting for calls to come back. But we’ve been doing this long enough that people trust what we put out. We don’t have any fancy mission statements or anything like that. We just come in, check the wires, talk to our contacts, and write up the reports. It’s a bit of an old-school way of doing things, but it works for the shipping industry. We just try to keep the maritime community informed about the local docks.