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Mediterranean Shipping Company was founded in Naples in 1970 as a private company by seafaring captain Gianluigi Aponte when he bought his first ship, Patricia, followed by Rafaela, with which Aponte began a shipping line operating between the Mediterranean and Somalia. The line subsequently expanded through the purchase of second-hand cargo ships.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. Cruise line registered in Switzerland MSC Cruises Company type Privately held company Industry Transportation Founded 1988 ; 37 years ago (1988) Naples, Italy Founder Gianluigi Aponte Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Area served Worldwide Products Cruises Number of employees 23,500 Parent ...
The London class is a series of six container ships built for Zodiac Maritime (4 ships) and Eastern Pacific Shipping (2 ships). The ships are charted to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). [1] The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 16,652 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). [2] The ships were built by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding in ...
This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. [1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. [2]
In 2015, Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) launched the 2M Alliance, a vessel-sharing agreement on the Asia-Europe, trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic trades. . The arrangement, which includes a series of slot exchanges and slot purchases on east–west routes, also involves Maersk Line and MSC taking over a number of charters and operations of vessels chartered to HMM.
MSC Monterey is a container ship built in 2008 by the Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in Mangalia, Romania and currently operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. She is the fifth ship delivered to the Swiss company in a series of 12 ordered. [2] The 54,549 DWT ship has a container capacity of 4,860 TEU's.
The Olympic class is a series of six container ships built for Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 19,224 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). [1] The ships were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).
MSC Geneva is a container ship built in 2006 by the Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries in Mangalia, Romania and currently operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. She is the first ship delivered to the Swiss company in a series of 12 ordered. [1] The 54,549 DWT ship has a container capacity of 4,860 TEU.