Amid the imposition of sanctions related to Venezuela, and the current political volatile situation in the country, MSC informed that it will apply, with immediate effect a War Risk Premium surcharge on cargo coming from worldwide destinations into Venezuela.
Read moreFollowing the crash of the giant cruise ship 'MSC Opera' at the dock on the Giudecca Canal in Venice earlier this week, Mike Travis, Principal Inspector of the UK MAIB explained how technology can help accident investigators determine what happened.
Read moreA total of 23 crew were safely evacuated from the container ship 'MSC Matilde', after the vessel reported a significant list in dock at the Port of Liverpool, UK, in the early morning hours of 24 May. The ship was reported to have 2,184 containers onboard, the majority of which were empty.
Read moreMSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and Abu Dhabi ports signed an agreement on developing the container handling at Khalifa port. The signing ceremony took place on Tuesday, May 7, representing the developing potentials of Abu Dhabi’s cargo shipping hub.
Read moreMediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) along with the Port Authority of Las Palmas have ratified an investment plan for the Port of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. The aim is to establish the Port of Las Palmas as a key hub for shipping traffic with the African West Coast. Approximately EUR 9 million will be funded to modernize the Port, a process that will take place over the course of eight years.
Read moreMSC announced that it joined the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), whose work is to preserve the marine environment by promoting sustainable maritime industry best practices and educating the public. Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder and Executive Director of NAMEPA, welcomed MSC as a new member of NAMEPA, and mentioned that the two organisations share a common interest in maintaining best industry practices to 'Save Our Seas'.
Read moreSingapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has acquired a 10% interest in Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), the sixth largest container terminal operator in the world, which handles the container volumes of Geneva-based giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).
Read moreAn increasing number of shipping companies, terminals and nautical service providers in the Port of Rotterdam are sharing information in real time via the digital platform Pronto. A pilot project at the ECT Delta Terminal, operated by Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam, indicated that this 'single point of truth' can lead to significant improvements.
Read moreThe new CEO of South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine wants to improve relations with Maersk and the Mediterranean Shipping Company of the 2M alliance. For this reason, Jae-hoon Bae will visit the two companies to strengthen their ties. Currently, the company has an agreement to swap container space with Maersk and MSC on trades between the Far East and US, which will expire in a year.
Read moreA.P. Moller - Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Ocean Network Express have established the Digital Container Shipping Association in the Netherlands, after gaining regulatory approval from the Federal Maritime Commission in March. Thomas Bagge is the CEO and statutory director of the DCSA. The association has already started working on enhancing standardization, digitalization and interoperability.
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