Mediterranean Shipping Company
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Ocean carrier MSC launching cargo airline with Atlas Air
Mediterranean Shipping Co. is taking to the skies with a new cargo airline, following on the heels of other ocean shipping lines with air divisions.
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Container-ship building spree not over yet; new orders still rising
A flood of newly built container ships will be delivered by shipyards in 2023-25. Can liners maintain pricing power?
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Noose tightens on Russian economy as import options dwindle
Russian imports via ocean, truck, rail and air are now being simultaneously squeezed. Shipping data shows growing pressure.
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How container shipping’s historic boom funded a $2B cruise bailout
COVID has been great for container shipping, terrible for cruising. What does this mean to MSC, which is big in both?
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Shipping isn’t waiting for sanctions. It’s refusing to move Russian cargo
Container lines and tanker owners rapidly and preemptively suspend business with Russia.
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Ocean carrier MSC, Lufthansa in bid to buy Italian airline ITA
MSC, a giant shipping line, wants to buy an Italian airline. If successful, it will then be in the passenger airline and air cargo businesses.
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Container shipping heads to court: Who’s suing whom?
MSC sues Deere, patent owner sues six shipping lines, box-overboard cases pile up, and Hanjin’s ghost tries to collect.
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How ocean carriers dove deeper into logistics, air cargo in 2021
Shipping lines are flush with cash and using it to expand into logistics services.
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Shipping giant MSC offers to buy Africa unit of Bolloré Logistics
The latest example of an ocean carrier expanding into the logistics space involves MSC trying to buy a piece of Bolloré Logistics.
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Shipping’s extreme consolidation could prolong supply chain pain
A small number of non-U.S. entities determine vessel and container levels for U.S. ocean supply chains.
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