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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 Bahía 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...

Almería port to bestow recognition to Cosentino Group’s president

Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería) 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 – 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 Almería-Valencia container line

Almería, 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)...

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