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Mediterranean Shipping Company

a Swiss-Italian international shipping line
Organization shipping_line Q869570
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Summary

Mediterranean Shipping Company is a shipping line[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of shipping line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,516 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Switzerland[3]
  • Instance of: business[4], enterprise[5], privately held company[6]
  • Founder: Gianluigi Aponte[7]
  • Headquarters location: Geneva[8]
  • Child organization or unit: MSC Shipmanagement[9], Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL[10], Q141561548[11]
  • Commons category: Mediterranean Shipping Company[12]
  • Industry: transport industry[13], water transport[14], logistics[15]
  • Has part(s): Q141561548[16]
  • Inception: January 1, 1970[17]
  • Location of formation: Naples[18]
  • Official website: http://www.msc.com/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mediterranean Shipping Company[20]
  • Director / manager: Gianluigi Aponte[21]
  • Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft[22], S.A.[23]
  • Street address: Chemin Rieu 12, 1208 Geneva Switzerland[24]
  • P14750: B57B-EC22-DD97-8C71-0139[25]

Why It Matters

Mediterranean Shipping Company has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

business hospitality industry privately held company Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . msc.com. Retrieved . msc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12h ago · Difool · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he',
    Sitelink count → 31
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; downgrade preferred ranks; add official-website reference type ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 27d ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Q141561548
    Child organization or unit → MSC Shipmanagement, Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL, Q141561548
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): Q141561548, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  3. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → MSC Shipmanagement, Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL, Q141561548
    P14750 → B57B-EC22-DD97-8C71-0139
    Total revenue → —
    Industry → transport industry, water transport, logistics
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: B57B-EC22-DD97-8C71-0139, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  4. 14w ago · Likeanechointheforest · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → MSC Shipmanagement, Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL, Q141561548
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Child organization or unit: MSC Cruises"
  5. 24w ago · ~2026-27231-56 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Employees → —
    Director manager → —
    Employees → —
    Aliases → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: http://www.msc.com/"
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