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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 to showcase latest services and solutions at world’s largest import-themed expo

MSC is going to exhibit at the 4th China International Import Expo (CIIE) from 5 to 10 November 2021, showcasing its latest services and industry expertise...

Gioia Tauro’s Medcenter to receive €6.2 million from Invitalia

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – Invitalia, the National Development Agency, is to provide a grant of €6.2 million ($7.2 million) to...

MSC cooperates with key Chinese research institute to promote decarbonisation and sustainable shipping

On 28 September, MSC and the China Waterborne Transport Research Institute, an agency under China’s Ministry of Transport, signed a Memorandum of...

International experts analyse the plans and needs of Mediterranean ports in Valencia

València, October 5, 2021 – A delegation of more than 50 participants of the Mediterranean Ports and Shipping 2021 conference, accompanied by...

Turkey’s Aysaport targets 1.8 million tons of cargo this year

Tekirdağ, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 30, 2021 – Asyaport has said that it is targeting total cargo of 1.8 million TEU in 2021, said Planning...

Shipping is a “force for good” for global trade, MSC CEO tells London Shipping Week conference

In his keynote speech today at the London International Shipping Week (LISW21) conference, held at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Soren Toft,...

Handling of MSC container vessel highlights Gioia Tauro’s capacity

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 15, 2021 – The MSC Gulsum, which until last year held the record as the largest container ship in the world,...

MSC to start new, direct rail service connecting Trieste and Ludwigshafen, Germany

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – MSC has announce the launch of a new, direct rail service connecting Trieste,...

Port of Gioia Tauro increases container traffic in pandemic 2020

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – In the year of Covid-19, 2020, the port of Gioia Tauro reported a 26% increase in container traffic....

MSC returns to port of Castellón

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – Last Thursday the MSC container ship “Aniello” became the first MSC ship to call at the...

Kalmar to deliver 12 straddle carriers to Medcenter Container Terminal in Italy

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) July 30, 2021 – Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) has ordered 12 diesel-electric straddle carriers from Kalmar of...

MSC, Fincantieri and Snam to partner for world’s first oceangoing hydrogen-powered cruise ship

Geneva, Switzerland, Trieste and San Donato Milanese, Italy – July 26, 2021 – Today the Cruise Division of MSC Group, Fincantieri and Snam announced the...

MSC and Shell sign collaboration agreement on decarbonising shipping

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Shell International Petroleum Company Limited (Shell) have agreed to work closely together to help accelerate the...

Haifa’s new Bay Port trials ship handling

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) July 16, 2021 – The container ship MSC Marylena in currently docked in the new Bay Port as part of trials for the...

MSC position on emissions from shipping in the EU

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company takes its commitment to decarbonisation extremely seriously. However, this is a complex endeavour that requires commitment...

Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci begins the connection between Valencia with Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza

The Valencia Port Authority (APV) has delivered the «Socarrat», the traditional Valencian terracotta tile designed with maritime motifs, to the GNV Sealand...

Turkish Competition Board rules against TIL acquisition of Marport

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 6, 2021 – The Turkish Competition Board (Rekabet Kurumu) has published its decision on the acquisition of sole...

Oranges from Castellón depart from Port of València bound for India

València, June 8, 2021 – 11 refrigerated containers loaded with 250 tons of Castellón oranges depart from the Port of València aboard MSC SIXIN, one...

Port of Las Palmas and OPCSA extend the concession until 2051

Strategic agreement at the port: Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APLP – Port Authority of Las Palmas) and OPCSA extend the concession until 2051 and...

Analysis – Could French and German plans to rebuild Beirut port be combined?

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – An ambitious $5-7 billion plan with an up-to-20-year construction period by two German companies wants to...

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