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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 inaugurates new Spanish headquarters in Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – On June 5, the shipping company MSC inaugurated the company’s new Spanish headquarters in Valencia....

La Spezia port approves feasibility study for cruise project

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – La Spezia port has given the green light to the feasibility study of a project financing proposal by Royal...

SECH terminal concession extended at Genoa port

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...

Consorzio Bettolo signs contract to build new container terminal in Genoa port

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...

Revelant parties hold talks to solve Gioia Tauro issues

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 9, 2018 – The president of the region, Mario Oliverio, and president of Autorità portuale di Gioia Tauro (port...

Concasa looks at increasing activity in Cádiz container terminal

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – Compañía Gaditana de Contenedores, SL (Concasa) is looking to increase its activities at the Cádiz...

MSC start Graz-Trieste port service to reduce transit times from Asia

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. has introduced the new weekly MSC Graz-Trieste Runner shuttle train,...

MSC dismisses Luigi Merlo over criticism by anti-graft body

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has decided to close the working relationship with the former president of...

MSC to take part in Breakbulk Europe

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – Breakbulk Europe, the largest event in the world for the project cargo and breakbulk sector, this year will move...

MSC Poesia makes inaugural call at Ravenna port

Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – The MSC Poesia ship of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) arrived for the first time in the port of Ravenna...

MSC and Royal Caribbean submit documentation for La Spezia port development

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...

Cádiz port works for launching container rail link to Madrid

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2018 – The port community of Cádiz has not rested since Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) operated container...

Boluda Lomé handles 1.2 million TEUs in 2017

Lomé, Togo (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – Boluda Lomé, concessionaire of the towing and mooring service in the port of Lomé, Togo, and a subsidiary of...

MSC launches rail line linking Seville port to Sines

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Seville port has kicked off its new rail connection with the Portuguese Atlantic coast, launched by the...

MSC considers investments in Gioia Tauro port

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) considers investments in Gioia Tauro port, the president of the...

MSC to operate Genoa’s Bettolo container terminal as of 2019

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to invest in the expansion of the container terminal at Bettolo...

2M alliance strengthens Mediterranean services 

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 2M alliance has announced the strengthening of its services in connections from Asia to Europe and the...

MSC to launch Seville-Sines rail service on April 4

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a new rail transport service between the...

MSC to launch con-ro service linking Trieste to Izmir

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to launch a new service for the transport of ro-ro, containers...

Top 10 container firms control 90% of global container fleet

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Over 87% of the fleet capacity of the 67 largest global container transport companies is controlled by...

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