Eastern India has many firsts to its credit, like our Riverine Port of Kolkata, which is the first Major Port in the Country. No wonder Kolkata also witnessed the formation of the first ever organised Shipping Association of the modern day shipping in the Country.

In the early 70’s when ASIC was formed, it had all the desired support from the Port Management to make it a premier consultative forum to discuss the shipping & maritime issues at hand. In the later years, ASIC was included in the Board of Trustees successively for a considerable amount of time which saw many milestones, viz. dealing with Labour, Marine or Traffic issues. The yesteryears office bearers have worked hand in hand in pioneering the containerization of Kolkata Port amidst doubts, apprehension and excitement and ASIC is continuing to move forward with a vision which envisage nurturing a strong unity amongst its members, built on the foundation of common professional interests and uphold the very objectives of Association.