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 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...
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...
MSC improves two services including calls in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the improvement of two of its services linking Northern...
2M alliance announces service changes affecting Spanish ports
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), forming the 2M alliance, have announced the...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports record rail growth in 2016
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Rail volumes at Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. (TMT) increased by 26.5% in 2016, compared with the...
MSC appoints former Genoa port president as institutional relations manager
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has appointed Luigi Merlo as institutional relations director. Merlo, a...
Gioia Tauro port trade unions say harbour depends entirely on MSC
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – “The global crisis that hit the transshipment sector has been exacerbated by the gradual and...