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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 now holds 52.3% of HHLA

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 12, 2023 – MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company now holds a 92.3% stake in German port operator HHLA-Hamburger...

MSC set to acquire Clasquin in France

Paris, France (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – Yves Revol and Olymp, controlling shareholders of Clasquin SA, have entered into exclusive negotiations...

Grimaldi Group wins tender to operate ferry docks in Fiumicino port

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 5, 2023 – Logiport, part of the Grimaldi Group, will manage docks 27, 28, 29 and 30 with the associated...

MSC to use Giresun Port in Turkey

Giresun, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – The international shipper MSC has started using Giresun port on Turkey’s central Black Sea coast....

HHLA shareholders sell nearly 5.9%

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 23, 2023 – Shareholders of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA) have so far offered nearly...

Update: MSC proposed investment in Hamburg’s HHLA

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 21, 2023 – The proposed investment and offer by global shipping company MSC of Hamburg port logistics company...

Port of Gioia Tauro has opened the western quay for tugboats

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – The Port of Gioia Tauro has inaugurated the western quay which is dedicated to tugboat services....

MSC and FS Italiane Group to set up intermodal terminal network

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – International logistics and shipper MSC and FS Italiane Group, the state-owned railway holding company,...

MSC to give up warehouse interest in Valencia ZAL

València, Spain (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – International shipper MSC has decided to give up the construction of two industrial warehouses in...

HHLA supports MSC investment

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has published a...

Trieste Marine Terminal handled 64,277 containers in Sept 2023

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – Trieste Marine Terminal handled 64,277 containers (TEU) in September 2023, compared to 63,208 TEU in the...

MSC won tender for a new cruise terminal in the port of Messina

Messina, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) October 25, 2023 – MSC has won the tender to build and manage a new cruise terminal in the port of Messina. It will...

MSC publishes voluntary public takeover offer for HHLA

Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has published its voluntary public takeover offer for Hamburger...

Port Authority of Valencia attends the Cool Global Logistics event in Genoa

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 11, 2023 – Valenciaport has attended the Cool Logistics Global event in Genoa between October 10 and 12 to present to...

Port Authority of Valencia attends Conxemar, the international fair for frozen seafood products

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) is present at the XXIV edition of Conxemar, the international fair for...

MSC acquires about 50% in Italo, a private high-speed rail operator

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) October 3, 2023 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a stake of approximately...

HAROPA PORT to develop a new multimodal platform

Paris, France (PortSEurope) September 28, 2023 – HAROPA PORT has announced that it is developing the port of Bruyères-sur-Oise to create a new...

MSC will maintain workers’ rights in Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 25, 2023 – Following a workers’ protest in Hamburg, MSC has said that it will maintain workers’...

MSC bids to acquire HHLA

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 13, 2023 – MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company has made a bid to acquire 49.9% of HHLA-Hamburger...

MSC’s Medlog to build dry port centre in Egypt

Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 28, 2023 – Medlog, part of MSC, has signed a contract to finance, design, build, exploit and operate a dry port and...

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