Operated by the Shipping Corporation of India Limited, M V Harshavardhana is a regular passenger ship plying between
Port Blair, and
Chennai (1190 km),
Kolkata (1255 km) and
Visakhapatnam (1200 km). It sails twice in a month, each from Kolkata and Chennai to Port Blair and vice versa. The ship sails between Port Blair and Visakhapatnam, once in every three months. The passage takes about 3/4 days.
The ship offers different classes of accommodation, including deluxe, first class cabin, berth cabin and second class cabin.