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 launches rail line linking Seville port to Sines
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Seville port has kicked off its new rail connection with the Portuguese Atlantic coast, launched by the...
MSC considers investments in Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) considers investments in Gioia Tauro port, the president of the...
MSC to operate Genoa’s Bettolo container terminal as of 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to invest in the expansion of the container terminal at Bettolo...
2M alliance strengthens Mediterranean services
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 2M alliance has announced the strengthening of its services in connections from Asia to Europe and the...
MSC to launch Seville-Sines rail service on April 4
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a new rail transport service between the...
MSC to launch con-ro service linking Trieste to Izmir
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to launch a new service for the transport of ro-ro, containers...
Top 10 container firms control 90% of global container fleet
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Over 87% of the fleet capacity of the 67 largest global container transport companies is controlled by...
MSC eyes Naples port-Nola dry port rail link
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 15, 2018 – Representatives of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plan to discuss on February 16 the potential...
MSC top managers meet in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – A total of 76 managers of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) met last week at the headquarters of...
Genoa port approves ro-ro, container handling activities at Terminal Rinfuse
Genoa, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – The Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...
MSC upgrades services linking Mediterranean region to USA
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the reduction of transit times for export services...
MSC signs agreement to implement N4 system in Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed an agreement to implement the N4 system developed by...
Valencia port handles largest container ship ever
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 23, 2018 – Valencia port handled last weekend a call of the “MSC Eloane” vessel, the ship with the largest...
MSC top managers to meet in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – The headquarters of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Spain, located in Valencia, will host on February...
Messina port in dispute with Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The crisis of the port of Gioia Tauro is likely to materialise in Messina, whose port authority does...
MSC Eloane ship suffers accident, Tanger port refuses its handling
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – The MSC Eloane ship, which with its 400 metres of length by almost 60 metres of beam, is one of the largest...
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...