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 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 –Â 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...
MSC signs up to new IMO initiative to support low-carbon shipping
Geneva, Switzerland 29.6.2017 The MSC Group, a leading international transport conglomerate, has joined today, as one of the thirteen founding members, the...
Sagunto-Zaragoza railway corridor can be used by up to 54 trains weekly
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – The railway corridor between Sagunto and Zaragoza could accommodate between 48 and 54 trains per week if the...
Genoa-based port authority, Eni in talks for construction of LNG facility
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (The Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Port System)...
Barcelona residents concerned about ever increased tourism
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Residents of Barcelona are opposing local tourism development, with one of the issues being cruise ships....
Drewry expects ONE to become fifth largest container company globally in 2021
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – UK consultancy Drewry Shipping foresees a new wave of mergers and acquisitions in the container shipping...
Valencia regional employers association confident of labour agreement at local port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Valencia regional employers association Confederación Empresarial Valenciana (CEV) has expressed confidence...
Noatum, MSC extend working hours of terminals at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have extended the working hours of...
Genoa port should focus on dredging – former port president
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Genoa port should keep working on increasing the draft of its basin, as the world-class vessels of Mediterranean...
South Korea’s HMM to acquire entire capital of TTI Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) said that it will buy the entire share capital of...
Barcelona port hosts christening of MSC Cadiz ship
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – The Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) has hosted the christening of the container ship “MSC...