1. Friends Group of Companies
Gandhidham

2. Quality Resources
Building Values
Empowering Business

3. Vision
To be recognized as preferred centre for quality port services.
Remain committed to customer satisfaction.
Exploring new business areas.
Mission
Introduce International standards in port handling services.
Partner Kandla port’s mission to develop globally competitive logistics hub with International excellence.
Partner the nation in its Green mission.

4. Group – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The group is formed in late 1984’s by friends belonging to three families (Singhvi, Joshi and Vaidya) with the objective of providing port related services.
Since then continuously striving to provide end to end shipping solutions with modern technologies.
Diversifying into other businesses like Salt & Allied Products, Commodity Exports, Renewable Energy, Oil Refinery, Commercial Vehicle Dealerships, Real Estate & Constructions and Agri Plantation & Cultivation.
The total Group turnover striving to $305/- millions.

5. Growth Chart

6. Promoters Details
Belong to three families Singhvi, Joshi and Vaidya and Shareholding in Group are closely held between them
Group Promoters Individual Networth Collectively:
Book Value = $81 millions and Market Value = $324 millions
Promoters of Group SN
Promoters
Birth Date
Qualification
Experience
Residence Address 1
Sukhraj A. Singhvi
Matriculated
45 years
Plot No. 100, Sector-2, Gandhidham 2
Babulal A.Singhvi
HSC
40 years
Plot No. 99, Sector-2, Gandhidham 3
Tribhuvan A. Singhvi
Graduate
30 years
Plot No. 101, Sector-2, Gandhidham 4
Ashok A. Shinghvi
Plot No. 103, Sector-2, Gandhidham 5
Ramesh A. Singhvi
Plot No. 102, Sector-2, Gandhidham 6
Jitendra S. Singhvi
20 years 7
Praveen S. Singhvi
15 years 8
Pankaj B. Singhvi
17 years 9
Mukesh B. Singhvi
MBA
12 years 10
Sandeep T Singhvi
11 years 11
Vishal T. Singhvi
6 years 12
Mridul R. Singhvi 13
Mayank R. Singhvi 14
Amit A. Singhvi
5 years 15
Ankit A. Singhvi
2 years 16
Arvind V. Joshi
48 years
Plot No. 182, Sector-1, Gandhidham 17
Mahesh V. Joshi
B.COM
4 years 18
Harshendu J. Vaidya
43 years
Plot No. 15, Sector-1, Gandhidham 19
Paramtap J.Vaidya 20
Harshid H.Vaidya 21
Aditya J. Vaidya
1 years

7. Business
Shipping & Port Services – Stevedoring, Handling, Agency, C&F, Logistics, Grain Cleaning, Storage & Warehousing (Dry & Liquid) , Container Freight Station
Salts
Castor Oil Refinery
Commodity Exports
Renewable Energy
Commercial Vehicles
Real Estate & Construction
Agri Plantation & Cultivation
Bunch of varied
flowers in a
single Bouquet

8. Shipping & Port Services
Shipping Solutions
Stevedoring & Lighterage activities.
Cargo Handling & barge transportation.
Storage & Warehousing.
Logistics
Clearing & forwarding.
Agency services.
Liquid Storage terminals.

9. Shipping & Port Services
Shipping , Port Services And Allied activities are carried out under following Group Companies :
Gautam Freight Private Limited
Friends Salt Works & Allied Industries
Arvind V. Joshi & Co.
Friends Oil & Chemical Terminals Pvt. Ltd.
Friends Bulk Handlers Limited

10. Shipping & Port Services
Equipment Support
66 Wheel Loaders
72 Excavators
200+ Dumpers, Trailors, Trucks
165 units of Grabs
6 units of Reach Stackers
4 Tugs & Launches
1 bunker barge
16 units of other
supportive Cranes
Forklifts
2 Mobile Harbour Cranes of lifting capacity 104 MT.
18 Barges for vessel lighterage.
2 Liebherr A954 CH D material handler for speedy barge operations.

11. MILESTONES & ACHEIVEMENTS
Handled MT Salt in Bulk in Hrs in July 2009.
Handled MT of Coking Coal in 24 Hrs in July 2008.
Handled MT of Iron Ore in Hrs in Nov 2007.
Handled MT of Scrap in 23 Hrs in Nov 2005.
Handled MT of Zinc Concentrate in 24 Hrs in April 2004.
Award of excellence by Ministry of Commerce as Best Exporter of Salt in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010

12. Shipping & Port Services
Grain Cleaning System
Friends Group believe in diversification and providing delightful solutions to its customer under one roof.
We have 2 nos. Grains Pre-Cleaning Plant for wheat, maize and barley etc.
EPC and Technology provided by renowned BUHLER, Germany.
Capacity installed 50 MT and 125 MT per hours.
Appx. 4000MT of cleaning daily.

13. Container Freight Station
Shipping & Port Services
Container Freight Station
One of the largest facilities by private company in Gujarat.
Space Available
Covered 2,00,000 sqft
Open Paved 12,00,000 sqft.
Open Land 3,50,000 sqft.
Fully equipped with all modern handling equipments.

14. Dry Storage Facilities
Shipping & Port Services
Dry Storage Facilities
Located at just 3 kms from port.
Space
FSW Warehouse
Covered 5,75,000 sqft
Open Paved 2,00,000 sqft
Mithirohar / Bharapar Warehouse
Covered 3,70,000 sqft
Open Paved 1,50,000 sqft
Open Land 6,00,000 sqft
Custom Bonded Warehouse
Covered 1,00,000 sqft
Open Paved 1,00,000 sqft
Open Land 2,87,000 sqft

15. Liquid Storage Facilities
Shipping & Port Services
Liquid Storage Facilities
ISO 9001:2000 certified, with state of art fire fighting systems installed.
Duly approved for A, B, C,LG,NH & EO class of liquids & chemicals
Capacity
5.12 lakh KL
Expansion of another 1.3 lakh KL

16. Future Expansions
Expansion in existing Free Flow Iodized Salt Refinery by 2lac MT making a tally to 8lac MT, which will the highest production capacity installed in India.
Installation of fresh 2.5lac MT Free Flow Iodized Salt Refinery at Khara Ghoda, Surendranagar District.
Capacity addition in Liquid Storage Tank Terminal by 1.30lac KL making the total storage capacity under one roof at one location (Kandla) to 6.42lac KL.
Renewable Energy: Capacity addition - Solar 50MW and Wind 25MW.
Foray into Plantation and Foods Processing Industry with both Backward and Forward Integration.

17. Group Companies Activity Wise Shipping & Port Services Salt Bulk
Gautam Freight Private Limited
Friends Salt Works & Allied Industries
Arvind V. Joshi & Co.
Friends Salt Works & Allied Industries
The Kutch Salt & Allied Industries Ltd.
New Kandla Salt & Chemicals Co. P. Ltd.
Oswal Salt & Chemical Industries
Liquid Storage Terminals
Friends Salt Works & Allied Industries
Friends Oil & Chemical Terminals P. Ltd.
Friends Bulk Handlers Limited
Viking Lighterage & Cargo Handlers P. Ltd.
Salt Refined freeflow Iodized
Terapanth Foods Limited
Perfect Chemfood Industries
Renewable Energy
Castor Oil & Allied Products
Friends Salt Works & Allied Industries
Gautam Freight Private Limited
Terapanth Foods Limited
Nidhi Mining Private Limited
The Kutch Salt & Allied Industries Ltd.
Kandla Agro & Chemicals Pvt Ltd
Oswal Salt & Chemical Industries
Mineral Miners & Traders
Kandla Agro & Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.
Friends Mercantile Private Limited.
Commercial Vehicles
Shantinath Motors Private Limited
Real Estate & Contructions
Friends Infrabuild Private Limited
Flamingo Builders Private Limited

18. Group Coordinates Corporate Office: Administrative Office:
Corporate Office:
“Maitri Bhavan”, Plot No. 18, Sector – 8,
GANDHIDHAM – Kutch, Pin:
Gujarat, (India)
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Administrative Office:
“Gautam House”, Plot No. 24, Sector – 10C,
GANDHIDHAM – Kutch, Pin:
Gujarat, (India)
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