The World's Largest Shipping Company

Mediterranean Shipping Company is an international shipping line based in Switzerland. The firm moves freight across the globe.

Captain Gianluigi Aponte founded the company in Naples in 1970 with a ship named Patricia. Patricia was presumably not consulted.

MSC moved its headquarters to Champel, Geneva in 1978. The Aponte-Diamant family still owns the entire operation from there.

In late 2022, MSC launched a cargo airline ordering four Boeing 777F aircraft. Atlas Air operates the planes.

MSC sails on more than 215 trade routes. It calls at over 500 ports.

MSC is the world's largest container shipping company by fleet size and cargo capacity as of November 2025.

Mediterranean Shipping Company launched its first newly built container ships.

In April 2026, the Aponte family transferred ownership to Diego Aponte and Alexa Aponte Vago. Gianluigi remains executive chairman.