MSC handles its longest breakbulk cargo ever in Vietnam
Global shipping major, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has recently broken a record for the longest breakbulk cargo it ever handled. The company’s project cargo team in MSC Vietnam was tasked with loading the record-breaking cargo...Read more
MSC ship attacked in the Red Sea
MSC said its container ship MSC United VIII was attacked on December 26 while transiting the Red Sea, having to engage in evasive manoeuvres. The vessel informed a nearby coalition task force warship of the...Read more
MSC unit agrees to buy freight forwarder Clasquin
SAS Shipping Agencies Services, a unit of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, has agreed to acquire 42 per cent ownership in the freight forwarder and logistics specialist, Clasquin. The agreement has been signed with Yves Revol...Read more
MSC delivers 30 transformers on its containerships to Tanzania
In the face of chronic power challenges hindering Africa’s development ranging from insufficient generation capacity to low connectivity, poor reliability, and high costs MSC recently shipped 30 transformers to Julius Nyerere Hydro Electric Power Plant...Read more
Shipping CEOs call for accelerated maritime transport decarbonisation
CEOs of the shipping majors have joined forces in advocating for an end date for fossil-only powered newbuilds and urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the global regulator, to create the regulatory conditions to accelerate...Read more
Can MSC’s bid change HHLA’s fortunes?
Drewry's OpinionUnexpected as it may have been, the offer made by the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to buy a major stake in Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA), could potentially turn around the fortunes of the...Read more
Hapag-Lloyd goes on about its business, HHLA offer not interesting
German shipping and container transport giant, Hapag-Lloyd has decided to pool its infrastructure holdings in a single entity based in Rotterdam, Hapag-Lloyd Terminal Holding. It is well in line with the comments made by the...Read more
Union shocked by the agreed sale of HHLA shares to MSC
To the German United Service Union (ver.di) the agreement between the City of Hamburg and the shipping giant MSC to partially put the Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA) in private hands, came as a...Read more
MSC to buy major share in HHLA, but could there be other bids?
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has agreed to buy a 49.9 per cent stake in the Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA). The deal has been agreed with the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, which...Read more
15 new electric locomotives set to serve eastern hinterland of Antwerp
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has boosted its capacity to service the eastern hinterland of Antwerp. The company said that the is has added 15 electric locomotives to its Medway branch in Belgium increasing the capability...Read more
Second Boeing 777 freighter enter MSC service
World’s largest shipping company MSC is set to expand its weekly service with the addition of another Boeing 777-200 Freighter. The second of the four aircraft has been delivered to Atlas Air, Atlas Air Worldwide...Read more
Are 2M divorcees eyeing a new fling with breakbulk?
The recent dissolution of the 2M alliance between MSC and Maersk is expected to bring more competition in the container shipping sector. However, could the dissolution have a wider effect, on markets such as project...Read more
MSC and Maersk call it quits on 2M alliance
Shipping giants MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and Maersk, have decided to part ways and not continue the 2M alliance past 2025. To remind, the two companies signed a vessel sharing agreement in 2015. Read more
MSC Group clears regulatory hurdles and closes Bolloré Africa Logistics buy
MSC Group has completed the acquisition of Bolloré Africa Logistics after clearing all the applicable regulatory hurdles. The acquisition has been completed through MSC’s unit SAS Shipping Agencies Services. Read more
MSC boosts Air Cargo solution with new Boeing freighter
Shipping major MSC has taken a step further in developing its Air Cargo solution with the delivery of the first MSC-branded aircraft, built by Boeing and operated by Atlas Air. The B777-200 Freighter will fly...Read more
MSC transports filling machine from Italy to Burma
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has transported a filling machine from Italy to Burma, on the recently opened Burma service.Read more
MSC announces upcoming air cargo unit
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced that they are developing MSC Air Cargo, which will be available from early 2023 onwards, once the first of four MSC-branded Boeing 777-200F aircraft are delivered.Read more
FS group and MSC sign a MoU to create synergies in logistics
FS group and MSC signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Geneva. The agreement was signed on September 14th by FS Group CEO Luigi Ferraris and Mercitalia Logistics CEO Gianpiero Strisciuglio, MSC Group Chairman Gianluigi...Read more