Mediterranean Shipping Company

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipping, air cargo, rail transport
Founded1970 (1970) Naples, Italy
FounderGianluigi Aponte
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Diego Aponte
ServicesContainer Shipping and Logistics
RevenueIncrease €86.4 billion (2022)[1]
Increase €36.2 billion (2022)[2]
OwnerGianluigi Aponte[3]
Number of employees
Steady 30,000 (2014)
SubsidiariesMSC Cruises, Italo
Websitewww.msc.com
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MSC 40' container

Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A, branded as MSC, is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte family with its headquarters in Switzerland since 1978.[5] It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity,[6] controlling about 19.7 percent of the global container ship fleet.[7]

As of November 2023, MSC operates over 790 container vessels with an intake capacity of 5,505,417 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).[8] MSC subsidiaries operate rail freight transport in Portugal and Spain, cruise ships, and cargo aircraft.

  1. ^ Cullen, Thomas (19 October 2023). "MSC Group: What's driving profits?".
  2. ^ Cullen, Thomas (19 October 2023). "MSC Group: What's driving profits?".
  3. ^ George, Sergiu (1 October 2014). "The World's Ten Richest Ship Owners".
  4. ^ Cullen, Thomas (19 October 2023). "MSC Group: What's driving profits?".
  5. ^ "Contact". Mediterranean Shipping Company. Retrieved 5 January 2015. "12–14, Chemin Rieu – CH-1208, Geneva – Switzerland".
  6. ^ "PublicTop100". alphaliner.axsmarine.com. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Alphaliner TOP 100 / 27 Jan 2023". Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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