Mediterranean Shipping Company

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipping, air cargo, rail transport
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970) Naples, Italy
FounderGianluigi Aponte
Headquarters
Geneva
,
Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Gianluigi Aponte (Group Chairman)

Diego Aponte (Group President)

Soren Toft (CEO)
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
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 Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978.[4] It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity,[5] controlling 20% of global container capacity as at July 2024.[6]

As of November 2023, MSC operates over 790 container vessels with an intake capacity of 5,505,417 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).[7] 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. ^ "Contact". Mediterranean Shipping Company. Retrieved 5 January 2015. "12–14, Chemin Rieu – CH-1208, Geneva – Switzerland".
  5. ^ "Alphaliner Top 100". alphaliner.axsmarine.com. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. ^ Goldstone, Charlotte (3 July 2024). "Box ship buys push MSC to record 20% market share of liner trade capacity". The Loadstar. London. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Alphaliner TOP 100 / 27 Jan 2023". Retrieved 27 January 2022.