Everything about Mediterranean Shipping Company S A totally explained
Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) is currently the
second-largest container shipping line in the world. The line operates 376 vessels and has a capacity of . Services are operated to all major ports of the world.
History
MSC was founded in 1970 as a private company by Captain
Gianluigi Aponte when he bought his first ship. The
Sorrento shipowner then traded to Africa carrying anything he could.
The shipping line has since grown from being a small regular ship operator to become one of the world's largest shipping lines. A cruise line subsidiary,
MSC Italian Cruises was created in 1988. The corporate headquarters is in
Geneva,
Switzerland and the line's main hub is in
Antwerp,
Belgium.
The Company Today
MSC serves 215 ports worldwide on the six continents. 350 local offices, employing a total of 28,000 people, provide an agency network representation. Vessels with up to a capacity of, including the one of the largest container ships, the
MSC Pamela. The company remains independent and wholly owned by its president Aponte and his family.
The line was named shipping line of the year in 2008 for the sixth time in eleven years by
Lloyds Loading List which is an achievement not matched by any other shipping line. The line has just also placed orders for eleven new vessels that will be able to carry up to 15,000 TEU's each, which are soem of the largest container vessels in the worls.
MSC Napoli
The
MSC Napoli, which MSC operated under charter from its owner, had to be abandoned in the
English Channel due to European storm
Kyrill in January 2007
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