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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.

Four offers of Valencia ZAL will invest €73.4 million & create over 1,500 jobs

Companies commit to hiring long-term unemployed and people at risk of social exclusion. The projects presented also have substantial commitments to reducing...

Valenciaport hosts XI Cool Logistics Global fair

The meeting will be attended by the three main shipping companies in the world in reefer traffic: MSC, Maersk and CMA-CGM – September 16, 2019...

Valenciaport, the best option in the Mediterranean for refrigerated products

Aurelio Martínez: “Thanks to its high connectivity, Valenciaport is the best option in the Mediterranean for each refrigerated product delivery line». The...

MSC start service calling at Cagliari port

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) August 15, 2019 – MSC, the Swiss-based shipping company, is to start a new Tyrrhenian feeder service replacing...

Genoa port approves Consorzio Bettolo request for earlier operations

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) August 8, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...

Gioia Tauro port future threatened by absenteeism

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – The future of Gioia Tauro port has been looking up recently with MSC taking over as operator and there...

TIL Holding to take full control of Marport, Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 24, 2019 – Arkas Holding is set to transfer its holding in Marport, the port business at Ambarlı Port, Istanbul, to...

Redevelopment of Gioia Tauro port continues with crane removal

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2019 – Following the development plan of new operator MSC, the demolition of three obsolete quay cranes has...

Castellón, Casablanca ports to intensify cargo exchange

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2019 – Castellón and Casablanca ports will sign cooperation agreements after the meeting between the heads of both...

Banca d’Italia looks at future of Gioia Tauro port

Rome, Italia (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – Banca d’Italia has published the annual report “The Economy of Calabria”, the region of...

Marseille port gives ESI Awards to environmental shippers

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, Hervé Martel, President of the Executive Board of the Port of Marseille...

MSC to acquire 49% stake in Gruppo Messina

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), through its subsidiary Marinvest, plans to acquire a 49% stake in the...

Gioia Tauro port officially welcomes the new terminal operator

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – Swiss-based MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company, the new terminal operator of the port of Gioia...

Leading global shipping companies discuss Black Sea container hub

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – During the Ukrainian Ports Forum 2019 being held in Odessa, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)...

TIL proposes to invest €1,011 million to build and operate entire container terminal of Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 – Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) has submitted a bid for the construction and operation of the new terminal...

Greece’s Med Tugs signs agreement with MSC, CMA CGM, Hapag Lloyd

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – Greek tugboat owners consortium Med Tugs has signed a contract to provide services to the Mediterranean...

MSC ratifies Gran Canaria port plan

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – The shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company SA (MSC) and Autoridad Portuaria de...

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