GLOBAL OFFSHORE SERVICES LTD. WAS PROMOTED BY THE LATE PADMA BHUSHAN SHRI B. D. GARWARE, FOUNDER OF THE GARWARE GROUP OF COMPANIES. 

IN VIEW OF THE INCREASED PRESENCE OF THE COMPANY'S FLEET IN THE FAR EAST, AFRICA, NORTH SEA, INDIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, THE COMPANY'S NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED TO GLOBAL OFFSHORE SERVICES LTD. w.e.f. MARCH 2011.

THE COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED AS GARWARE SHIPPING CORPORATION LIMITED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1976, IN THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OBTAINED THE CERTIFICATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF BUSINESS ON OCTOBER 13, 1976.