Mediterranean Shipping Company

Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., branded as MSC, is a Swiss-based international shipping line founded in 1970 by Italian entrepreneur Gianluigi Aponte and his wife Rafaela Aponte-Diamant. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978, MSC has emerged as the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, commanding 21.2% of global container capacity as of November 2025 Wikipedia↗. With a fleet of approximately 900 cargo vessels, MSC boasts an intake capacity of 7,000,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). The company's diversified maritime operations are complemented by subsidiaries providing rail freight transport in Portugal and Spain, as well as cruise ships and cargo aircraft. References: Wikipedia↗