MSC is officially ready to acquire the majority shares of French freight forwarder Clasquin. The two parties have agreed on the specifics of the transfer and will soon proceed to the merger of operations. MSC...Read more
Shipping giant MSC is working on taking over the industrial area near the port of Trieste formerly occupied by Wärtsilä, a Finnish maritime equipment manufacturer. MSC is planning on reconverting the factory into a rail...Read more
The tri-modal terminal in the port of Lauterbourg, part of the Ports of Strasbourg, deployed the first freight train to the port of Antwerp. The initiative sees the involvement of big industry players including MSC,...Read more
The month of February saw shipping giant MSC taking further steps to solidify its presence in Italy, with a focus on rail freight. The company recently became a shareholder in Rail Hub Europe, the entity...Read more
The Zaragoza PLAZA Railway Logistics Centre, in northeastern Spain, will soon have a second MSC rail freight terminal. The company is ready to invest 20 million euros for the construction of the new facility, which...Read more
The rail freight sector in Portugal is somewhat of a unicum in the European Union. Just like in Spain, the railway network is equipped with the Iberian gauge (1,668mm). Moreover, there is no state-owned rail...Read more
iPort Rail, the multimodal freight terminal at the iPort logistics development in Doncaster, in the north of England. The terminal is set for a significant expansion in 2024. Verdion, the UK subsidiary of Medlog, a...Read more
The global shipping and transport industry is set to relive moments reminiscent of 2021. Back then, the Ever Given ship incident blocked the Suez Canal for days and disrupted supply chains for weeks. Experts caution...Read more
The Spanish Ministry of Transport (MITMA) authorised the construction of a new container terminal at the port of Valencia: the North Terminal. Once completed, it will be “the largest railway terminal that any port on...Read more
Renfe Mercancías, the Spanish national rail freight operator, will soon be partly taken over by MSC. This initiative led to speculations that the company might disappear, leaving Spain without a state-owned company. However, Renfe recently...Read more
The Italian national railway holding Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) and logistics hegemon MSC agreed on forming a NewCo to boost sea-rail intermodality by building more terminals. FS will own 51 per cent of the...Read more
Shipping giant MSC has been selected to take over 50 per cent of the Spanish national rail freight operator Renfe Mercancías. The initiative is expected to help Renfe Merciancías’ operations and finances, given that the...Read more
The port of Hamburg and HHLA seem destined to be at the centre of attention given every opportunity. This time is not about COSCO buying a stake at a port’s terminal but about the upcoming...Read more
The die is cast for MSC’s involvement in HHLA in the port of Hamburg as the sea shipping giant aims to buy 49.9 per cent of the company’s stakes. The move has already been approved...Read more
The Poti Sea Port, in Georgia, has experienced an eastbound volume increase of 80 per cent this year compared to 2022. The westbound growth is less significant, signalling a nine per cent increase compared to...Read more
Port connectionsMSC has revived its DRAGON service connecting Asia with the Hutchison Ports BEST terminal at the port of Barcelona. The terminal is one of Southern Europe’s most rail-oriented port terminals, serving the Spanish and European...Read more
The port of Valencia, on the eastern Spanish coast, started a study for a direct connection to Burgos province in the north of the country. The project is endorsed by MSC, COSCO, L’Oreal, and Bridgestone,...Read more
Terminal Investment Ltd (TIL), MSC’s subsidiary for container terminals, has finalised the acquisition of another 30 per cent of shares of the Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT), a critical rail freight location with multiple connections. The...Read more
Three months after the automotive manufacturer Honda made the shift from road to rail for the transport of its motorcycle components, it was ready for a second roundtrip. The rail freight service between the port...Read more
Medway Portugal, the Portuguese rail freight subsidiary of MSC is launching a new service for AutoEuropa. The collaboration will last 10 weeks with five departures per week and will connect the AutoEuropa factory, south of...Read more
After launching a rail freight service for the transport of automotive parts between Italy and Poland on behalf of Stellantis, Sangritana is putting Honda motorcycle components on the rail as well. Sangritana is an Italian...Read more