In 1995, StarLauro Cruises was renamed MSC Cruises. They were built by Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri. In 1994, MSC ordered its first newly constructed ships, which were delivered beginning in 1996 with MSC Alexa.
The new company was named StarLauro Cruises and had 2 ships, Monterey and Achille Lauro. MSC Regulus MSC Carmen MSC containers MSC Bruxelles In 1988, MSC enter the cruise business by buying the liner Monterey. The expansion continued through the 1980s by the end of the decade, MSC operated ships to North America and Australia. In 1978, the headquarters was established in Geneva, Switzerland. By 1977, the company operated services to northern Europe, Africa and the Indian Ocean. The line subsequently expanded through the purchase of second-hand cargo ships. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) was founded in Naples in 1970 as a private company by seafaring captain Gianluigi Aponte when he bought his first ship, Patricia, followed by Rafaela, with which Aponte began a shipping line operating between the Mediterranean and Somalia. History MSC Tomoko in the Santa Barbara Channel, 2009 Its rail operations have later expanded to Italy and beyond, under the name " Medway". MSC started train operations by taking over the cargo division of CP in 2015, and operates container trains over the Iberian peninsula. Since 1989, MSC has owned the holiday cruise division MSC Cruises. In December 2020, Soren Toft became MSC Chief Executive Officer. Diego was appointed president and CEO by his father and company founder Gianluigi in October 2014. The company is independent and wholly owned by the Aponte family under the leadership of Diego Aponte. MSC operates vessels with a capacity of up to 23,756 TEU, including (as of 2019) the world's two largest container ships, MSC Gülsün and MSC Samar. MSC's shipping line sails on more than 215 trade routes, calling at over 500 ports. MSC operates 524 offices in 155 countries with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and has over 100,000 employees. Īs of 2023, MSC operates 721 container vessels with an intake capacity of 4,631,403 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
The company operates in all major ports of the world. The privately held company is owned by the Aponte family. (MSC) is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970, with headquarters in Switzerland since 1978.
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