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Mediterranean Shipping Company

a Swiss-Italian international shipping line
Organization shipping_line Q869570
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Mediterranean Shipping Company

Summary

Mediterranean Shipping Company is a shipping line[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of shipping_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,054 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mediterranean Shipping Company is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's image is recorded as MSC Astrid, Fremantle, 2015 (02).JPG[4].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's image is recorded as Praha Smichov Plzenska 19 Green Point a.jpg[5].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's instance of is recorded as shipping line[6].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's instance of is recorded as privately held company[9].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's founder is recorded as Gianluigi Aponte[10].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's logo image is recorded as Mediterranean Shipping Company logo.svg[11].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's headquarters location is recorded as Geneva[12].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 307487538[13].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's GND ID is recorded as 1095563378[14].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2016040357[15].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as MSC Cruises[16].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as MSC Shipmanagement[17].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL[18].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Grandi Navi Veloci[19].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as SNAV[20].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Blue Media[21].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as MSC Air[22].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Explora Journeys[23].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Bolloré Africa Logistics[24].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Italo - Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori[25].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's Commons category is recorded as Mediterranean Shipping Company[26].
  • Mediterranean Shipping Company's industry is recorded as hospitality industry[27].

Body

Founding

Mediterranean Shipping Company's founder is recorded as Gianluigi Aponte[10]. +1970-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as Naples[29].

Leadership

Mediterranean Shipping Company's director / manager is recorded as Gianluigi Aponte[30].

Operations

Mediterranean Shipping Company's headquarters location is recorded as Geneva[12]. Subsidiaries include MSC Cruises[16], a business[31], in Italy[32], founded in 1970[33], headquartered in Geneva[34]; MSC Shipmanagement[17]; Mediterranean Shipping Company SRL[18]; Grandi Navi Veloci[19], a transport company[35], in Italy[36], founded in 1992[37], headquartered in Genoa[38]; SNAV[20], a business[39], in Italy[40], founded in 1958[41], headquartered in Naples[42]; and Blue Media[21].

Industry

Industries include hospitality industry[27], transport industry[43], water transport[44], logistics[45], and tourism[46].

Why It Matters

Mediterranean Shipping Company ranks in the top 1% of shipping_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,054 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Related Entities

business hospitality industry privately held company Switzerland

References

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  11. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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