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MEDITERRANEAN
SHIPPING COMPANY
(MSC)

Financial Year-End: 31st December
Use of South African Ports: 38%
No. of Employees: 1 400 nationally;
100 000 internationally
Bank: Nedbank, Durban
Accountants: Ernest & Young
KEY PERSONNEL
Chief Executive Officer: Captain Salvatore Sarno
CEO: Managing Director: Rosario Sarno
Captain Salvatore Sarno
National Commercial Director: Glenn Delve
Full Name of Company: Mediterranean Shipping Financial Director: Alan Mileham
Company (Pty) Ltd (MSC) CONTACT DETAILS
Nature of Business: Ships’ agents, logistics, full carrier Head Office
haulage service and depots Physical Address: MSC House, 54 Dr Langalibalele
Subsidiaries: MSC Logistics, MSC Depots, Medtravel, Dube Street, Durban, 4001
MSC Printing, Potlako Global Logistics Postal Address: P.O. Box 10687, Marine Parade, 4056
Holding Company: MSC Mediterranean Shipping Tel: +27 (0)31 360 7911 | Fax: +27 (0)31 332 9295/7
Company SA (a company registered in Switzerland) E-mail: ZA031-sa.distribution@msc.com
Website: www.msc.com
Current Customer Base: 12 000 clients (South Africa)
Date Established: 1978 Branch Offices:
Vessels: In excess of 600 worldwide Johannesburg: Tel: +27 (0)11 263 400
Cape Town: Tel: +27 (0)21 405 2000
International Presence: 524 offices in 155 countries Port Elizabeth: Tel: +27 (0)41 505 4800
Industrial Standards: ISO 9001:2015 East London: Tel: +27 (0)43 702 8293
Turnover: In excess of R850-million per annum Pretoria: Tel: +27 (0)12 335 6980

CONSISTENTLY IMPROVING past decade can be attributed to two things: the
quality management system that aims at consistently
The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has an improving upon service levels within the shipping
innovative, flexible and unique approach to shipping community and MSC’s willingness to initiate change to
that has allowed the company to grow significantly meet the requirements of clients and principals.
over the last fifty years. Founded in 1970, MSC is now South African Investments
the biggest user of the South African ports and by 2003
was the second biggest container carrier in the world. MSC has significant investments in the South African
property market, with instantly recognisable office
MSC has 524 offices in 155 countries with a team of 100 buildings worth R265 967 000 in Durban, Cape Town,
000, and a dedicated fleet of 600 container vessels Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg and Pretoria.
with an intake capacity of circa 23 million TEU. The
global sailing schedule covers 230 trade routes and In addition, MSC has invested in multiple depot and
calls at more than 500 ports. logistics sites throughout South Africa and has made
significant leasehold improvements to operational
MSC provides global coverage, linking South Africa depot and logistics sites located in the Transnet port
directly with Europe, UK, USA, Asia, Middle East, India, precincts of Durban, Coega and Cape Town.
Pakistan, Far East, Australia, New Zealand as well as
the key ports of Africa’s West Coast, East Coast and Technical Expertise
the Indian Ocean Islands, South America, Madagascar MSC’s hugely successful technical division, which was
and Mozambique. MSC’s dramatic growth over the expanded in 1998, operates a world-class, full-scale
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