Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)
Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970, with headquarters in Switzerland since 1978. The privately held company is owned by the Aponte family. It is now a leading, global shipping, logistics and port terminal operator. Its port terminal division is called Terminal Investment Limited (Til). MSC Cruises is a subsidiary in the cruise liner industry.
MSC to update service linking Mediterranean to Australia
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to update its service between Australia, the Indian...
La Spezia port to award cruise terminal operation in next two weeks
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – La Spezia port expects to award to a consortium of Costa Crociere, the Mediterranean Shipping...
Gioia Tauro port workers end blockade as MSC guarantees investments
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Workers at Gioia Tauro port have removed the blockade of the harbour they launched on February 13...
Cádiz port maintains 4 million tons in 2018 despite reduced MSC cargo
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la BahÃa de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) has reported it...
MCT promises €120 million investment in Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) has suspended the redundancy schemes and announced investments of...
Valencia port opens two hours ahead of schedule despite stevedores’ assembly
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – The paralysis of Valencia port by a gathering of stevedores on February 7 has turned out to be less longer...
MSC and Heraklion port discuss cooperation
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – The Port Authority of Heraklion SA and MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company have met to...
MSC to build Portugal’s largest dry port
Lousado, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to build Portugal’s largest dry port through Medway,...
Volkswagen Portugal explores rail transport as alternative to Setubal port
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Volkswagen Portugal is investigating the railway as an alternative for the export of vehicles with the...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) receives single bid for cruise passenger station project
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...
2M launches strategic cooperation with ZIM on Asia-Mediterranean route
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – The 2M shipping alliance, consisting of the container shipping companies Maersk Line and...
Top 10 global container port operators for 2018
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) December 24, 2018 – Cosco Shipping Ports (CS Ports) remains the global port operators’ leader in 2018, according...
Haifa container terminal deal with China’s SIPG under review
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) December 23, 2018 – The Israeli government is widely believed to be reviewing the March 2015 deal that gives China’s Shanghai...
AlmerÃa port to bestow recognition to Cosentino Group’s president
AlmerÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de AlmerÃa (APA – Port Authority of AlmerÃa) has approved the bestowing of...
2M Alliance to reduce calls in Gioia Tauro, La Spezia ports in March
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Maersk Line and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to reduce the calls of Asia-Mediterranean...
Valencia Port and Traxens launch pilot internet-of-things project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2018 –Â Traxens, French data and supply chain specialists, is collaborating with the Mediterranean Shipping...
MSC carries out pilot IoT project at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has started a pilot project to improve the efficiency of its...
MSC launches AlmerÃa-Valencia container line
AlmerÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed an agreement with Spanish company Cosentino Group...
MSC takes full control of container depot operator VCD Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has became the sole shareholder of Valencia Container Depot...
HMM may leave alliance with MSC, Maersk in 2020
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) may abandon its alliance with the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)...