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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.

Port Authority of Valencia attends Conxemar, the international fair for frozen seafood products

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) is present at the XXIV edition of Conxemar, the international fair for...

MSC acquires about 50% in Italo, a private high-speed rail operator

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) October 3, 2023 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a stake of approximately...

HAROPA PORT to develop a new multimodal platform

Paris, France (PortSEurope) September 28, 2023 – HAROPA PORT has announced that it is developing the port of Bruyères-sur-Oise to create a new...

MSC will maintain workers’ rights in Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 25, 2023 – Following a workers’ protest in Hamburg, MSC has said that it will maintain workers’...

MSC bids to acquire HHLA

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 13, 2023 – MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company has made a bid to acquire 49.9% of HHLA-Hamburger...

MSC’s Medlog to build dry port centre in Egypt

Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 28, 2023 – Medlog, part of MSC, has signed a contract to finance, design, build, exploit and operate a dry port and...

MSC Nicola Mastro brings 9,500 TEU to Port of Gioia Tauru

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 28, 2023 – The MSC Nicola Mastro container ship has visited the southern port of Gioia Tauro and a record 9,500...

Musical chairs for port cranes at TiL terminals

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), majority owned by MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company, the...

MSC withdraws interest in Terminal Darsena Toscana, Livorno

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – The international logistics group MSC has withdrawn its interest in acquiring Terminal Darsena...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees first-half traffic down -3.2%

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) handled 365,919 TEUs in the first six months of 2023, down -3.2% on the same...

Trieste Marine Terminal sees container traffic down in May

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) handled 54,878 containers (TEU) in May 2023, down from 64,987 TEU on April...

Ignazio Messina & C acquires Terminal San Giorgio, Genoa

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2023 – Ignazio Messina & C. spa will acquire Terminal San Giorgio (TSG). The terminal is owned 51% by the...

TiL MSC orders 9 gantry cranes for Le Havre port

Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – TiL MSC has ordered nine new electric gantry cranes for its TPO/TNMSC container terminals in the Port of...

New rail service links Port of Trieste with Kapfenburg, Austria

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – A new rail service has started linking the Port of Trieste with the Austrian intermodal terminal Montan...

Trieste Terminal Passeggeri triples profit in 2022

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Trieste Terminal Passeggeri (TTP) has ended 2022 with a profit of €4.4 million which almost triples the...

Trieste Marine Terminal handled 185,921 TEU, up +3.3% in Q1 2023

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2023 – Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) handled 185,921 containers (TEU) inQ1 2023, up +3.3% on the same period of...

Turkey’s Marport received $200 mln in financing from IFC

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 31, 2023 – Marport Liman İşletmeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. is to receive a $200 million financing package...

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