Starting at Visakhapatnam and Paradip ports in the years 1983 and 1986 respectively, Ripley group soon extended its operations to Kolkata & Haldia ports and made a mark in stevedoring & port logistics in Eastern India. The group also diversified to mining activities and trading in minerals & coal.
Ripley & Co Stevedoring and Handling Pvt Ltd, incorporated in Kolkata in the year 2000, is the leading company of the group today. Besides its own businesses of stevedoring, logistics, trading, mining, etc, it has several subsidiaries (overseas and domestic), associated and related enterprises engaged in different segments including mechanized cargo-handling in ports, vessel owning & chartering, barging, dredging, ship building & recycling, constructions, etc.

Ripley group has other network of enterprises engaged in news prints, real estate ownership & management including property leasing as well as in manufacturing pharmaceutical products.

The group also partakes in social welfare activities including kidney care, child health, sports and educational supports.

‘Ripley’ is the group’s trade mark which is used by many companies in the group.