Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) is currently the second-largest container shipping line in the world. The line operates over 255 vessels and has a TEU capacity of 670,000. Services are operated to all major ports of the world. Containerization is a system of intermodal cargo transport using standard ISO containers that can be loaded on container ships, railroad cars, and trucks. ... Containers in the port of Kotka (Finland) on the Baltic Sea. ...

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. Sorrento is the name of many cities and towns: Sorrento,_Italy Sorrento,_Florida, United States of America Sorrento, suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Sorrento, suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia Sorrento, Hong Kong, the largest residential development on Kowloon Station This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists...

The shipping line has since grown from being a small regular ship operator to become one of the worlds largest shipping lines. A cruise line subsidary, MSC Italian Cruises was created in 1988. The corporate headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland and the line's main hub is in Antwerp, Belgium. MSC Cruises is a division of Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC), which was found by Gianluigi Aponte. ... Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the Rhône River. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Renaissance Belgian painter Rubens. ...

The Company Today

MSC serves 215 ports worldwide on five continents. 350 local offices, employing a total of 28,000 people, provide an agency network representation. Vessels with up to a capacity of 9,200 TEU including the World's largest container ship, the MSC Pamela. The company remains independent and wholly-owned by its president Aponte and his family. Containers in the port of Kotka (Finland) on the Baltic Sea. ... MSC Pamela was launched in 2005 and is currently the largest container ship in the world with a capacity of 9,200 TEU. The vessel measures 321m in length, with a gross tonnage of 107,200 and with a breadth of 45. ...

The line was named shipping line of the year in 2003 for the second time running by Lloyds Loading List.

Link

• MSC - Mediterranean Shipping Company