Mediterranean Shipping Company or commonly known as MSC is an international shipping company operational at all the major ports of the world. The Mediterranean Shipping Company is a private shipping line that started its voyage in 1970 as a small conventional ship operator and now has come a long way to becoming one of the leading shipping lines in the world. On the basis of the number of container vessels operated and the container slot capacity, the Mediterranean Shipping Company has become the 2nd largest carrier in the world in the year 2003 and the company has been able to avoid any merger or acquisition to reach to this position.
Providing services to almost all the major countries of the world, Mediterranean Shipping Company is no doubt one of the most trusted names in international shipping. The company has a well maintained network of services throughout the world and provides excellent shipping services.
Mediterranean Shipping Company runs service in 6 different continents at 270 ports through the 170 weekly liner services.
The MSC reaches 270 ports worldwide by their lining services. The Mediterranean Shipping Company has now 350 local offices and is currently employing 28000 people in the world. This shipping company boasts vessels up to the capacity of 9200 TEU and also possesses one of the largest container ships in the world. The MSC Pamela is the largest container ship that the Mediterranean Shipping Company owns and is one of the largest ships in the world.
The Mediterranean Shipping Company has been honored by a number of prizes in the world. The Mediterranean Shipping Company is the prestigious recipient of ‘The Best Ocean Carrier of the year for 2007’ in Montreal and was also voted as ‘The Ocean Carrier of the year for 2007’ in Toronto. Mediterranean Shipping Company also wins the ‘Global Supplier Award’ from the prestigious Daimler Chrysler in 2006 in the category of logistics. The MSC Australia is also the winner of the Lloyd’s List DCN Australian Shipping and Transport Liner Trade Award in 2006 for the Australia to Europe service.
