New Europe/ ECSA service
NewsHamburg-headquartered Hapag-Lloyd and Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) are to start a new service connecting Europe and por...
The battle for supremacy
NewsIn the West African port sector, Ghana is on the rise, while terminal development in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has stalled....
Ivory Coast concession for MSC
NewsA consortium led by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed a 35-year concession to expand and operate the container terminal at the...
Qatar opens Hamad port
NewsThe new port of Hamad in Qatar has officially opened, with all container operations transferred from the old port of Doha on 1 December. The...
MSC’s new combo
NewsGeneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is to combine its Europe and North America/West Coast South America services into one....
Gothenburg prepares for 19,000 TEU ship calls
NewsIn December MSC's 19,000 TEU ships will begin calling at the Port of Gothenburg. The first to arrive will be the newly-christened MSC MAYA...
Birth of a new order
NewsThe start of 2015 will signal the beginnings of a new structure for the container shipping industry, as services across the world’s main e...
Sailing through uncertain times
NewsWith P3 abandoned and Maersk/ MSC now planning 2M, this could lead to more far-reaching changes in the liner shipping business....
P3 considered “too close an alliance”
NewsThe Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) has rejected the P3 alliance plans of Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and CMA CG...
MSC opts for dry port in Vilnius
NewsMediterranean Shipping Company is planning to set up an intermodal dry port in the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius. A letter of intent for the...
Doing the Latin tango
NewsSouth America’s liner trades have been singled out as offering the container shipping industry some of its best growth prospects, but will...
Krishna up and running
NewsKrishnapatnam port on India’s east coast, which is controlled by Hyderabad-based CVR Group, has formally started operations at a new 1.2M ...
BEST terminal opening
NewsHutchison Port Holdings (HPH) subsidiary Terminal Catalunya (Tercat) celebrated the grand opening of its new semi-automated deepwater contai...
UCL Holding set for St Petersburg boost
NewsCapacity at Container Terminal Saint Petersburg is slated to increase to 1.2M TEU a year in the next few years...
TIL buys stake in Medcenter
NewsTerminal Investment Ltd (TIL), the Netherlands-based company that enjoys a very close relationship with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)...