MSC
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Operations
Seafarer handed 20-year sentence over fatal stabbing
A Filipino seafarer who stabbed to death a colleague on the containership bound for Los Angeles was sentenced yesterday to…
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Containers
MSC warns of higher shipping costs in EU’s carbon trading scheme
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has warned clients of higher costs with the inclusion of shipping in the EU’s carbon trading…
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Containers
Triple acquisition takes MSC buying spree to 250 ships
The historic secondhand vessel spree Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) embarked upon in August 2020 has now hit the 250-ship mark…
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Europe
Montenegrin lynchpin apprehended in MSC cocaine case
The ongoing fallout from Mediterranean Shipping Co’s cocaine shipments involving Montenegrin mafia continue to make spectacular headlines. An indictment was…
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Ports and Logistics
Maersk and MSC gear up for Abidjan terminal launch
Final preparations are underway for the operational and commercial launch of the Cote d’Ivoire container terminal (CIT) in the Port…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC buys Italian towage operator
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has agreed to acquire 100% of the share capital of Rimorchiatori Mediterranei, a towage operator active…
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Europe
MSC’s Aponte family labelled Switzerland’s richest family
The Swiss now know which family is the richest – and pollutes the most – in their country. Originally hailing…
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Europe
MSC’s orderbook breaks multiple records
With Yangzijiang Shipbuilding recently confirming Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has ordered a dozen LNG dual-fuelled 16,000 teu ships, the orderbook…
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Europe
MSC takes to the skies
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, has joined its peers at the top of the liner rankings by…
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Containers
MSC fires back in ongoing spat with Pennsylvania home decor firm
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, shows no sign of giving in on a legal fight it is…
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Containers
Carriers brace for more official complaints from emboldened BCOs as MSC fights protracted case
Shippers are likely to feel emboldened to doggedly pursue ocean carriers in the courts as the liner party fizzles out…
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Containers
MSC Tessa breaks records, clocking in at 24,116 teu
China’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard is squeezing more slots onto its megamax designs to break new size records for container shipping.…
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Containers
20 more newbuilds for MSC
Alphaliner is reporting that Mediterranean Shipping Co’s (MSC) world-beating orderbook has grown by another near 200,000 slots. MSC has chosen…
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Containers
MSC’s historic S&P splurge nears 200th ship
In August 2020 Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) embarked on an epic fleet build-up plan that is expected to result this…
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Environment
MSC invests in sustainable shipping data provider
Cruise and container giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has invested in Madeira-based Green Maré Services (GMS) as part of its…
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Containers
MSC outmuscles Maersk on the Asia-Europe tradelane
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has overtaken 2M partner Maersk as the largest carrier on the Asia-Europe tradelane in terms of…
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Containers
MSC orders 20 boxships in Asia
In its latest weekly report, Clarkson Research Services carries news of a bumper set of orders in Asia by Mediterranean…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC moves ahead with $6.3bn Bolloré Africa Logistics acquisition
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has finalised its acquisition of a big name in African transport, confirming yesterday that it has…
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Containers
MSC takes bunker surcharge action
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has become the first liner major to take action against the extraordinarily volatile fuel bills it…
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Containers
Sinokor hailed as winning boxship deal of the year
It’s only mid-February but one broker has already made its pick for the containership S&P deal of the year. Compass…
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