Tag: Mediterranean Shipping Company

MSC containership Malena has experienced an engine failure in front of Canakkale, in the Turkish Dardanelles Strait, on October 10.

Shipping companies received awards for reducing speeds in the 2021 “Protecting Blue Whales & Blue Skies” program. In total, eighteen shipping companies participated, transiting at 10 knots or less in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Southern California region.

After a furniture company filed a complaint with the FMC regarding denial of service from MSC and COSCO, the chief administrative law judge hearing the case for the FMC filed a motion that MSC has two weeks to show why the judge should not issue a default decision and award financial remuneration to the furniture company.

MSC announced its decision to adjust course around Sri Lanka to keep away its vessels from endangered blue whales in the area, encouraging other shipping lines as well to take a more southerly route south of the official (TSS) shipping lanes.

MSC Group’s cruise divisions made two different orders for hydrogen fuel cells, allowing the ships in the Explora Journeys luxury line to operate in port carbon-free.

Quadrise has signed a Framework Agreement with MSC Shipmanagement Limited of Cyprus (MSC Shipmanagement) regarding proof-of-concept tests and subsequent operational trials to be carried out using the MSAR and bioMSAR emulsion technology and fuels on one or more commercial container vessels.

Explora Journeys, the luxury travel brand of the Cruise Division of MSC Group, and Fincantieri, announced the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the construction of an additional two hydrogen-powered cruise ships to take the total fleet number from four to six vessels.

MSC Cruises and Chantiers de l’Atlantique carried out sea trials for the shipbuilder’s first LNG ship, which will become the largest LNG cruise ship.

As part of its Journey to Net Zero, MSC has been using blended biofuels to propel its ships. Now, the company uses its MSC Biofuel Solution to help its customers meet CO2 emission reduction goals through a new carbon insetting programme.

Kongsberg Digital and MSC have signed a contract for digitalizing MSC’s entire fleet consisting of approximately 500 vessels with Vessel Insight.