Italia Marittima, which was earlier known as Lloyd Triestino, started its shipping services to the port at Mumbai (Maharashtra) in 1870 and is one of the oldest shipping companies operating from India. It enjoys the unique distinction of being the first foreign shipping company to be permitted by the Government of India to open its own Branch Office in Mumbai in 1949.

The company started its Indian operations in the bulk cargo and passenger service segments and migrated later to container services. Lloyd Triestino or Italia Marittima S.p.A (acronym ITS), offers services from Mumbai's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal to the Mediterranean, Europe Australia and US East Coast via Colombo and to Australia via Singapore. The Mumbai Branch Office directly looks after the traffic generated to and from Mumbai and Nhava Sheva ports. It also offers services to/from inland container depots (ICDs) at New Delhi, Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Bangalore (Karnataka) and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) through its agents, Patvolk, a division of Forbes Gokak Limited.