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 assume full control Bettolo Container Terminal independently in Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 –Â Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has said it plans to buy out the shares of Gruppo Investimenti...
MSC sets up Trieste port-Giegen rail service
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 19, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA has announced a new rail connection between Giengen (a.d. Brenz)...
MSC advises Alicante port to focus on North Africa
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2018 – The president of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) in Spain, Francisco Lorente, has commented that the...
Grimaldi, MSC Terminals, Eurogate present emissions strategy at GreenPort event in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – At the GreenPort Cruise & Congress in Valencia port, three terminal operators at Valencia port have...
Sines port linked to China’s Silk Road via new MSC rail link
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 –Â MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company is to launch a new rail service linking Spanish exporters, including...
“MSC Fillippa” becomes largest container ship serviced at Las Palmas port’s OPCSA terminal
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – Last week, the “MSC Fillippa” vessel became the...
MSC launches rail freight line linking Seville port to Córdoba
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a world leader in transport and logistics, has announced the...
Spediporto members to benefit from extension of delivery vouchers
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Spediporto, the association of the Genoese forwarders, is to guarantee an extension of delivery vouchers....
Las Palmas port to reorder container terminal
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Las Palmas port plans to invest in its container terminal with the aim of transforming...
Noatum’s Valencia port unit financial performance to keep improving
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Tension and labour conflicts that the Spanish ports experienced in the first half of last year have not...
Cádiz port traffic reaches 2.3 million merchandise Jan-July 2018
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Total general traffic in Cádiz port increased by 0.48% in the period January-July 2018, compared to...
Switzerland waits to see effect of Morandi bridge collapse on Genoa port trade
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2018 – Genoa port is a strategic entry point for many goods transported to Switzerland and the Morandi bridge...
STX France renamed Chantiers de l’Atlantique
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The STX France shipyards have been renamed Chantiers de l’Atlantique, a name previously...
Local politician raises issue of MSC leaving Bordeaux port
Bordeaux, France (Ports Europe) July 21, 2018 – During the local government question session, politician Nathalie Delattre alerted the Minister of...
Barge service between Marseille port and Lyons to increase frequency
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – From October 1, 2018, the container barge service between Fos and Lyon will operate five days a week. The...
MSC launches Bordeaux port rail service
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA has announced the opening of a new freight rail service between...
MSC set to stop its Bordeaux stopover
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 –Â MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA will cease the Bordeaux port stopover on its feeder service from...
MSC carries out first export of Spanish melons to Asia
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has carried out the first shipments of melon from Spain to Asia...
Port Authority of Gioia Tauro holds talks with Ministry of Transport
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – The extraordinary commissioner of L’autorità Portuale di Gioia Tauro (Port Authority of Gioia Tauro),...
2M Alliance increase Trieste port calls
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – The Phoenix/AE12 Adriatic–Far East Service operated by 2M Alliance (Maersk and MSC) will offer from...