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Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) is the world's second-largest shipping line in terms of container vessel capacity. Yet, because it has no stocks exchanged on the market, it has no obligations to issue its budget certified by independent parties; as a consequence, the data MSC releases about itself is not verifiable. As of the end of December 2014, MSC was operating 471 container vessels with an intake capacity of .〔(About Us ) Mediterranean Shipping Company. Retrieved on 05 January 2015.〕 The Geneva-based〔"(Contact )". Mediterranean Shipping Company. Retrieved on 05 January 2015. "12-14, Chemin Rieu - CH-1208, Geneva - Switzerland"〕 Swiss company operates in all major ports of the world.〔 MSC's most important port is Antwerp in Belgium. MSC Cruises is a division of the company focused on holiday cruises. ==History== MSC was founded in 1970 as a private company by Gianluigi Aponte when he bought his first ship, ''Patricia'', followed by ''Rafaela'', with which Aponte began a shipping line operating between the Mediterranean and Somalia. The line subsequently expanded through the purchase of second-hand cargo ships. By 1977, the company operated services to northern Europe, Africa and the Indian Ocean. The expansion continued through the 1980s; by the end of the decade, MSC operated ships to North America and Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.swiss-ships.ch/reeder/reederei-berichte/msc/msc-story-en.html )〕 In 1989, MSC purchased the cruise ship operator Lauro Lines, renamed to Mediterranean Shipping Cruises (MSC Cruises) in 1995, and subsequently increased the cruising business.〔 In 1994, the line ordered its first newly constructed ships, which were delivered beginning in 1996 with MSC ''Alexa.'' They were built by Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri.〔 As of October 2014, Diego Aponte (son of MSC founder Gianluigi Aponte) was named president and chief executive of MSC, taking over from his father who was named group executive chairman. Gianluigi Aponte would continue to oversee all group related activities as well as supporting Diego in shaping the future of MSC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mediterranean Shipping Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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