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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.

Gioia Tauro loses container traffic leadership amid conflict of shareholders

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port has lost its leadership on the Italian market for container traffic, as its throughput...

Genoa port handles largest ship ever

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Genoa port handled MSC Istanbul, the largest ship ever entering the harbour, on December 18. The ship, with a...

Valenciaport confirms its commitment to the new Silk Road in Tianjin (China)

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port Authority of Valencia),...

Medway to launch regular freight rail line connecting Lisbon to Córdoba

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Portuguese freight rail operator Medway plans to launch a regular line connecting Lisbon to the Spanish...

MSC sets up cruise terminal operator for Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has a clear goal in Barcelona – its own terminal. And,...

MSC eyes construction of container terminal in Livorno 

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to participate in the tender for the operation of the...

Marseille welcomes MSC Orchestra vessel

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – The Port of Marseille Fos and the MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) have held a press event to...

MSC to call at port of Benghazi after three-year closure

Benghazi, Libya (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)has announced that its services will resume calling at Benghazi,...

Noatum Ports sells 45% stake in OPCSA to MSC subsidiary

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Spanish company Noatum Ports announced the sale of its 45% stake in the capital of Operaciones Portuarias...

La Spezia Container Terminal handles 1 millionth TEU on September 30

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 13, 2017 – On the September 30, 2017, Contship Italia’s gateway port La Spezia Container Terminal, handled its...

MSC holds meeting with customers in Vigo

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has gathered a hundred professionals, among customers and...

MSC reinforces presence at Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has informed Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...

Barcelona port to attend Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 conference

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 will take place November 14-15, 2017, in Southampton, UK,...

MSC to increase cargo traffic at Trieste port

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Gianluigi Aponte, chairman of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which operates the second largest cargo...

Vigo port to show greater interest in MSC

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said the...

MSC launches new service connecting Sines port to N Europe, S America

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is planning to launch a new service connecting Portugal’s...

COSCO starts operating MAF1 line

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines launched on August 17 its new service MAF1 between the main ports of the Mediterranean...

MSC launches service including call at Portugal’s Sines port

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a service that connects the eastern...

MSC to launch five intercontinental lines from Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will open five new intercontinental sea routes from Barcelona port...

MSC receives award for best shipping company in Asian-European connections

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has recently been awarded the Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain...

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