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  2. Mediterranean Shipping Company - Wikipedia

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    Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A, branded as MSC, is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte family with its headquarters in Switzerland since 1978. [5] It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, [6] controlling about 19.7 ...

  3. MSC Oscar - Wikipedia

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    MSC Oscar was the subject of an episode of the documentary television program Mighty Ships, [8] the second episode of the tenth series. Produced by a Canadian company, Exploration Production Inc., the program was first telecast in Canada on 10 December 2017. [9] The series is aired in other countries as well.

  4. List of largest container ships - Wikipedia

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    Vessel Finder. Retrieved 12 January 2024. ^ "MSC Tessa breaks the record for the world's largest container ship with a capacity of 24,116 TEU". www.phaata.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022. ^ "MSC TESSA, Container Ship - Details and current position - IMO 9930038 - VesselFinder". www.vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

  5. Iranian seizure of the MSC Aries - Wikipedia

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    MSC Aries. On 13 April 2024, Iran seized MSC Aries, a Portuguese - registered and Madeira-flagged container ship owned by Gortal Shipping and leased to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The ship, with a crew of 25 people, was boarded by Iranian commandos in the Strait of Hormuz, within international waters off the coast of the United Arab ...

  6. MSC Daniela - Wikipedia

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    MSC Daniela is the lead ship of her class of container ship operated by the Mediterranean Shipping Company that at 366 metres (1,200 ft 9 in) is one of the largest container ships of the world, with a twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) cargo capacity of 14,000 containers. The building of MSC Daniela was started on 1 July 2006 and finished at the ...

  7. MSC Industrial Direct - Wikipedia

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    Net income. $340 million USD (2022) Number of employees. 7,000-plus (2023) Website. www .mscdirect .com. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc ( MSC ), through its subsidiaries, primarily, MSC Industrial Supply Co., it is one of the largest industrial equipment distributors in the United States, [1] distributing more than 1.5 million metalworking and ...

  8. Maersk Line - Wikipedia

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    maersk.com. Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of Maersk, a Danish business conglomerate. Founded in 1928, it is the world's second largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, offering regular services to 374 ports in 116 countries. [2]

  9. Long-range identification and tracking (ships) - Wikipedia

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    The long-range identification and tracking ( LRIT) of ships was established as an international system on 19 May 2006 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as resolution MSC.202 (81). [1] This resolution amends Chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), regulation 19-1 and binds all governments ...