Category: MSC
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MSC completes Hamburg port investment
MSC completes Hamburg port investment Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s largest container line, has completed its buy-in into the port of Hamburg, radically changing the container port landscape in northern Europe in the process. MSC now controls 49.9% in Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA), with the city of Hamburg holding a 50.1% stake…
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Rivals scramble to keep pace with MSC
Rivals scramble to keep pace with MSC The unmatched scale and growth ambitions of Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is forcing competitors to scramble for tonnage. Alpahliner is reporting that MSC has now surpassed 400 secondhand ship purchases since it embarked on a historical buying spree amid the covid pandemic in August 2020. Alphaliner tallies 402…
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Navy will sideline 17 MSC ships to ease mariner stress
Navy will sideline 17 MSC ships to ease mariner stress Under a plan approved Oct. 30 by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, and disclosed by the Navy yesterday, the U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) is to sideline 17 ships to ease the stress on its civilian mariners. “That number’s based on again the…