Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) was founded in 1970 in Geneva, Switzerland. It launched its firs t s ervice between the Mediterranean and South and East Africa in the mid-1970 s . In 2003, it became the second-larg est container shipper in the world, and remains in that position. The carrier operates 200 direct and combined services weekly, calling at 315 ports . It has 480 offices in 150 …
Hapag -Lloyd has a 160 -year history, dating to the foundation of German lines Hamburg -Amerikanis che-Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesells chaft (Hamburg -America Line, or Hapag ) and Norddeuts cher Lloyd (NDL) in 1847 and 1857 respectively. The two lines merged in 1970 to form Hapag -Lloyd. In 1997 the line becamea subsidiary of German tourism giant TUI, which purchas ed 10 0% of its s hares in 2002. I…
CMA CGM is the world's third-larg est shipping line. Compag nie Générale Maritime (CGM) was formed in 1977 by the merg er of Mes s ag eries Maritimes (Mes sMar) and Compag nie Générale Trans atlantique (Trans at). Compag nie Maritime d'Affrètement (CMA) was founded the following year. In 1996 CMA CGM was privatis ed and the following year made its first acquisition, Australian National Lin…