MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

11.05.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

CLARION SOLUTIONS LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

CLARION SHIPPING AGENCY PRIVATE LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

4th Floor, Geetmala Building, Next to Shah Industrial Estate, Deonar Village Road, Govandi (East) , Mumbai - 400 088, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2006

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

21.02.1991

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-60411

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U61100MH1991PLC060411

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMC05037E

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACC2232P

 

 

Legal Form :

A closely held public limited liability company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject act as a Total Logistics Solution Provider.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 270000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed company having satisfactory track. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

4th Floor, Geetmala Building, Next to Shah Industrial Estate, Deonar Village Road, Govandi (East) , Mumbai - 400 088, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-67555032 / 6755 5021

Fax No.:

91-22-67555050

E-Mail :

sect@tmc.co.in

mailto:rajesh.mum@clr.co.in

sales.mum@clr.co.in
kalpesh.mum@clr.co.in

Website :

http://www.clr.co.in

 

 

Delhi Office :

913,Pragati Devika Towers, 06, Nehruplace, New Delhi - 110 019, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-2600 2130 / 31/32/33

Fax No.:

91-11-2600 2180 / 2621 6936

E-Mail :

sales.del@clr.co.in

 

 

Ludhiana Office :

Plot No. 9/10, Ganesh Palace, G.T. Road, Dhandari Kalan, Ludhiana - 141 010,
India

Tel. No.:

91-161-5014 353/ 54

Fax No.:

91-161-5014 355

E-Mail :

sales.lud@clr.co.in

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Ramakrishnan Sivaswamy Iyer

Designation :

Director

Address :

P. O. Box No. 8458, Dubai, UAE

Date of Birth/Age :

01.01.1961

Date of Appointment :

21.02.1991

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ramnarayan Varadharajan Varadharajan

Designation :

Director

Address :

3, Shivkripa, Police Officers Progressive CHS, Off Yari Road, Versova, Mumbai – 400061, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

22.05.1949

Date of Appointment :

21.02.1991

 

 

Name :

Mr. Mahesh Sivaswamy Iyer

Designation :

Director

Address :

Block 253 # 04-04 Argos, The Arcadia, Arcadia Road, Singapore – 289843

Date of Birth/Age :

25.07.1967

Date of Appointment :

21.02.1991

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Rajesh Pillai

Designation :

Assistant Manager

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

Sivaswamy Valli

 

1000

Ramakrishnan Sivaswamy Iyer

 

5000

Ramnarayan Varadharajan Varadharajan

 

5000

Mahesh Sivaswamy Iyer

 

5000

Geeta Ramakrishnan

 

5000

Mala Mahesh

 

5000

Ritesh Ramakrishnan

 

5000

Murli Mahesh

 

5000

Sivaswamy Holdings Private Limited

 

14000

Total

 

50000

 

 

 

Category

 

Percentage of Holding

Directors or relatives of directors

 

100.00 %

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject act as a Total Logistics Solution Provider.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Bankers :

Not available

 

 

Facilities :

--

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

K. Uma Murty

Chartered Accountants

Address :

3/7/14-A, Navjivan Commercial Society, Dr. Dadasaheb Bhadkamkar Marg, Mumbai – 400008, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Ship Owning                                               

Orient Express Line                                      http://www.oel.co.ae

Orient Express Line (S) Pte. Limited Singapore   http://www.oelsin.com

Shreyas Shipping Limited                              http://www.shreyas.com

Shreyas World Navigation Pte. Limited           http://www.shreyas.com

 

Freight Forwarding                                     

Haytrans (India) Private Limited                      http://www.haytrans.com

 

Logistics                                                      

Transworld Logistics Private Limited               http://www.twlogix.com

 

Ship Management                                       

Orient Express Ship Management                  http://www.oesm.co.in

 

Ship Agency                                                

Relay Shipping Agency Limited                    

NLS Agency (India) Private Limited (Dongnama Div.)       

Meridian Shipping Agency (India) Private Limited            

Crescent Shipping Agency (India) Private Limited           

Clarion Shipping Agency Private Limited        

Albatross Shipping Private Limited                

Transworld Shipping Services India

Private Limited                                             http://www.transworldindia.com

 

Marine & Container Repairs                        

ADMEC Logistics Limited                            

 

N.V.O.C.C.                                                   

Balaji Shipping (U.K.) Limited                        http://www.balajiship.com

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

50000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 0.500 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

50000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 0.500 Millions

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

0.500

0.500

2] Share Application Money

 

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

67.041

65.881

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

 

67.541

66.381

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

0.000

0.306

2] Unsecured Loans

 

0.000

0.000

TOTAL BORROWING

 

0.000

0.306

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

67.541

66.687

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

2.200

2.100

Capital work-in-progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

41.777

23.567

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

0.857

1.791

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

 

 

Sundry Debtors

 

5.291

1.086

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

3.966

50.266

 

Other Current Assets

 

0.000

0.000

 

Loans & Advances

 

40.671

54.358

Total Current Assets

 

49.928

105.710

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

23.746

22.672

 

Provisions

 

3.475

43.809

Total Current Liabilities

 

27.221

66.481

Net Current Assets

 

22.707

39.229

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

67.541

66.687

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Sales Turnover

 

--

5.552

Other Income

 

8.512

10.348

Total Income

 

8.512

15.900

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) Before Tax

 

2.339

8.883

Provision for Taxation

 

--

--

Profit/(Loss) After Tax

 

2.339

8.883

 

 

 

 

Expenditures :

 

 

 

 

Salaries, Wages, Bonus, etc.

 

3.673

1.475

 

Payment to Auditors

 

0.199

0.110

 

Interest

 

0.074

0.097

 

Insurance Expenses

 

0.021

0.012

 

Depreciation & Amortization

 

2.206

5.323

Total Expenditure

 

6.173

7.017

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

27.48

55.87

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

--

160.00

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

4.49

8.24

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

0.03

0.13

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

0.40

1.01

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

1.83

1.59

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

The Registered Office of the company has been shifted from 101, Embassy Centre, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra, India to the present address w.e.f 23.11.2006

 

Clarion Solutions Limited was established in 2004 as a Total Logistics Solution provider focusing on the African Continent. The traffic growths were soon leading to expansion and their activities are now global and multimodal.

 

Their expansion from the small scale start to the present level of about team and 5 locations throughout India came by organic growth combined with worldwide network of logistics companies within supplementary fields.


They focus on attracting key competence when forming teams of experts within each field operations.


Their experience staff and sophisticated IT-tools combined with their extensive network of global agents and carriers secures cost efficient logistic solutions beyond expectation!


Their Freight forwarding division is supplemented by a variety of Global logistic services.

A fascinating story of two trails blazers, one the Founder and the other the Builder.

 

The Spirit of Adventure

 

The Transworld Group was born out of a lifelong love affair with the sea. As a young man in a small town in Kerala, R.Sivaswamy developed a fascination with the sea and vowed that one day he would have a ship of his own. The sea both lured and challenged him.


In 1977, he founded the Transworld Group and navigated it through its formative years, establishing it as a reputed shipping company in India and the Gulf. In 1989, S. Ramakrishnan took over the company, building on the foundation laid by his father. Under his dynamic leadership, the Transworld Group has expanded its business. With unmatched capabilities developed over the years, it has emerged as an internationally recognized business house of repute.

 

Today, the Transworld Group is expanding its businesses through innovations stemming form a global perspective. The Group's determination to have a global presence is supported by a fundamental philosophy: to explore and discover new business horizons. This is the driving force that propels it towards a new tomorrow.

 

A diverse range of companies.... a single goal

 

Transworld's scale of operations is expanding limitlessly on land and sea.

 

Mission and Vision

 

To be a premier organization, which offers total shipping solutions by providing high quality innovation to its Customers, stakeholders and be the market leader and the trendsetter in the Indian Sub Continent, Arabian Gulf & South East Asia region.

 

Mission

      To provide quality and reliable services to their customers

      To remain forever committed to excellence

      To explore and discover new business horizons

      To unabatedly provide for their people adequate opportunities for professional growth

      To achieve each "end" tempered by "quality means"

      To make constructive contributions to the society at large

 

Values

 

Trust and Openness              They believe in trust & openness in all their dealings.

Mutual Respect                     They believe in respecting the dignity of individuals

Quality                                  They are dedicated to customer driven quality constantly striving to improve their process & services guided by the changing needs of the customers

Excellence                            They believe in continuously improving upon their own benchmarks

Customer Orientation            The concerns & needs of the customers are the guiding force behind all their endeavors

 

 

Sales


Kalpesh : 91-98201-31939
Rajesh : 91-98201-83716
Sandeep : 91-98676- 31246
Sweety : 91-99670-37537

Customer Service
Georgina : 91-22-67555042

Operations

Manhar : 91-22-67555046

 

Documetation
G. V. Kumar : 91-22-67555042

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.41.34

UK Pound

1

Rs.81.81

Euro

1

Rs.55.74

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

4

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

5

--RESERVES

1~10

5

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

46

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

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