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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.

BlackRock to acquire GIP, port terminal changes

New York, USA (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – Earlier this month, BlackRock, Inc. agreed to acquire Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a leading...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees 2023 container traffic slightly down

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2024 – Trieste Marine Terminal SpA handled 742,708 containers (TEU) in 2023, down -1.74% on 755,932 TEU in the...

Port Authority of Castellón seeks return of MSC

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – Representatives of the Port Authority of Castellón, Noatum and MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company...

MSC set to buy 50% of Hutchison BEST terminal, Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company is fset to acquire 50% of the Barcelona container terminal...

MSC Spain comments on new Valencia northern terminal expansion

València, Spain (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – The general director of MSC Spain, Francisco Lorente, has estimated that the northern terminal that...

Valenciaport celebrates its new Terminal

València, December 14, 2023 – Valenciaport celebrates its new terminal. The project will be approved by the next Council of Ministers as announced by...

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...

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...

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...

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