Mediterranean Shipping Company (Portugal) S.A

Shipping Agency engaged in Worldwide Container Transport

MSC Portugal

MSC is a privately-owned company, founded in 1970, one of the leading global shipping lines of the world

News and Press Releases

MSC Portugal implements Gensets in railway platform

MSC Portugal as glad to announce that from June 1st, was implemented new system of Pluggin, in the rail wagon. This system allows the transportation of reefer containers by train keeping the necessary conditions of refrigeration of the products.This new system makes Sines’ Port more competitive, and offers to the import and export national and international market an excellent alternative at low prices. This solution is the result of a close cooperation between CP and MSC Portugal. We believe that it will be a strong advantage to our customers; the clients will have a commercial advantage and better transit times, the transport will be easier and it will be possible to move reefer containers to the dry ports of Bobadela and Riachos.

MSC new direct service from NWC to Chile

We are glad to announce that MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company will provide a new direct service from the North of Europe (Antwerp) to Chile.The transit time form Antwerp to Chile will be 23 days.The routing of the service will be the following:Antuwerp, Freeport, Cartagena, Valparaiso e San Vicente.

MSC Won “Lloyd’s Loading List Shipping Line” 2007

For the sixth time MSC has won the “Lloyd’s Loading List Shipping Line”. this award was previously won in 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2007.The Lloyd’s Loading List Shipping Line award is attributed to the shipowner providing the best services regarding quotations, booking, reliability, documentation and after care. It is also based in the type of service that the company has developed in the following trades: Africa, Australasia, Far East, Mediterranean, Mid East/Indian Sub Continent, North America and South America.This award is the testimony of MSC’s professionalism and excellent customer care in all our services and agency structure worldwide.

New container’s location service by e-mail

MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company announces the new container’s location alert service by e-mail.To access this service you just need to go to our site, www.mscportugal.com and take the following steps:1- Click in Tracking & Tracing2- Insert the container number3- Insert the e-mail addressThrough this tool, MSC believes that the clients will have better and faster information.

New routing from India and Pakistan trade to Portugal

It’s our pleasure to announce that MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company has changed the routing for cargos coming from Nhava Sheva and Mundra from Antwerp to Valencia, with a significant improve in what refers to the estimated transit times involved: Nhava Sheva – 23 days; Mundra – 22 days. This change will also benefit cargos coming from Pakistan, since shipments ex Karachi are routed via Nhava Sheva, with a new estimated transit time of 30 days. We believe that this new service will correspond to our client expectations. For additional info, kindly contact our import department.

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