Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., branded as MSC, is an international shipping line and part of MSC Group. It was founded by Italian entrepreneur Gianluigi Aponte and his wife Rafaela Aponte-Diamant in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte-Diamant family, with its headquarters in the suburb of Champel in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978. It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, controlling 21.2 percent of global container capacity as of November 2025.
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Source Wikipedia, Mediterranean Shipping Company
Source Wikipedia, Mediterranean Shipping Company
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Geneva, located there.
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1. Wikipedia, Mediterranean Shipping Company
WikipediaInfobox company, type field
type = Private
Infobox company, founded field
founded = 1970 Naples, Italy
- Operates In: Shipping and Logistics Industry, Infobox, industry field
- Operates In: Railroad Industry, Infobox, industry field
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