About Us

Welcome to Lockgate Shipping Pvt. Ltd.

LockGate is an East - Indian company in diverse activities, yet focused on capturing the entire value chain in energy trading, shipping, storage, distribution, retailing, and various ongoing civil and mechanical works. We in eastern India with solid roots in Bangladesh and leading positions in shipping and waterways trade from developing terminals to ship construction, periodic maintenance, technical management and commercial operations to handling Indo-Bangladesh Protocol.

LockGate is fast growing into a prominent oil and energy group in eastern India. The company is consistently focused on supporting our customers and business partners in improving operating efficiency and reducing cost through an integrated asset base.

As a growing company, LockGate has great passion and commitment to India and its people. We are an Indian company with a vision to be on the global listing of world class companies.

Capt. Debapratim Sanyal, like a true visionary, saw the emerging importance of Calcutta Port as the gateway for sea borne trade, linking the world with eastern India. Following his dream and sensing the potential, he pioneered the setting up of Lockgate Shipping in 2016.

LockGate have the expertise of but not limited to surface preparation of ships that come in for repairs, the activities have expanded into comprehensive shipping & logistical services to encompass: customs clearance, shipping, chartering & freight forwarding, warehousing, container freight station operations, draft surveys & transportation on a large scale with the help of a wide ranging infrastructure that has been fine tuned over the years.

This helps to deliver value added service packages covering every conceivable logistical support, suitably customized to meet varying need.

LockGate is the perfect blend of innovative technologies and well trained professionals to deliver an array of Premier products and services to our valued clients. Customer satisfaction, Research & Development and Quality Assurance is our constant areas of focus and motto. Our name is enrolled with the international Authority "UKAS". The company is also registered with Director General of Foreign Trade and Federation of Export Import Organization and Bengal National Chamber of Commerce.

The company plays a significant role while operating approximately 45 self-propelled barges per month between Dhaka – Khulna - Narayanginj – Mongla in Bangladesh to Kolkata- Haldia & back in the riverine route through Sundarban. This fleet is in operation throughout the year with routine practice under Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Treaty. The fleet alone carries almost 20% of different types of total export cargo. Apart from transportation, the company under one umbrella provides logistic services like Storing, Handling, Draught Survey, Clearing & Forwarding works.

We have very sound and healthy relation with many shipping companies and have long term Shipping Agency Agreement, with Bangladeshi companies which comprises of more than 100 barges of various types & capacities. They are Costal Barges, Cargo Hold Self Propelled Barges, Self Propelled Deck Loader, Oil Tanker etc. (Cargo carrying capacity running from 500 MT. to 2500 MT each).

Approximately Six ships, over 2000 M.T. each, container carrier are under construction(Keel Laid). Two of them are on the verge of completion. Barges are plying in the Indo-Bangla Protocol Route under our Flagship in India and involved in the transportation of cargo of various commodities like Wheat, Rice, Peas, Maize, Maize Starch, Chemicals, Steel Billets, High Dimensional cargo from Kolkata – Haldia – Mongla, Bangladesh, Khulna, Bangladesh, Narayangange, Bangladesh, Shirajganj, Ashuganj (Bangladesh), Pandu, Karimganj, Jogigopa. (Port of calls in NE provinces).

Having sound infrastructure facilities, and Licenses from Govt. Departments like Kolkata Port Trust, Haldia Port Trust, Inland Waterways Authority of India (Kolkata, Guwahati & Noida), Pollution certificates in Khiddipur & Haldia.