Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has confirmed that a malware attack caused a data centre outage which led to its main customer facing websites being down for several days.

Ocean Network Express (ONE), Maersk and MSC are suspending their joint China Australia service due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

In an open letter MSC group president and ceo Diego Aponte said that it is imperative the world’s second largest container line along with its customers helps to keep the world moving in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has unveiled a new flexible cargo service to meet an anticipated rise in demand for freight services from Asia once the impact of the coronavirus pandemic eases.

MSC will make changes in the rotation of its weekly service USEC - Caribbean - ECSA starting in April with additional port calls.

MSC has deployed one of the world’s largest containerships on the transpacific.

DNV GL has awarded a new class notation to reduce the risk of fire onboard containerships to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), with the notation already implemented on the 23,000-teu MSC Gulsun.

Container line MSC is re-routing some vessels from French ports due to ongoing industrial action in the country which has paralysed multiple modes of transportation.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is committing to using biofuel blends following trials earlier this year.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has affirmed that LNG will not be a viable option for use as a bunker fuel, in response to the upcoming IMO 2020 global regulation requiring the use of 0.5% sulphur fuel.