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MEDITERRANEAN
SHIPPING COMPANY
(MSC)

Industrial Standards: ISO 9001:2015
Bank: Nedbank, Durban
Accountants: Ernest & Young
KEY PERSONNEL
Chairman: Captain Salvatore Sarno
Managing Director: Rosario Sarno
Financial Director: Alan Mileham
Chairman: CONTACT DETAILS
Captain Salvatore Sarno HEAD OFFICE
Full Name of Company: Mediterranean Shipping Physical Address: MSC House, 54 Dr Langalibalele Dube
Company (Pty) Ltd (MSC) Street, Durban, 4001
Nature of Business: Ships’ agents, logistics, full carrier Tel: +27 (0)31 360 7911
E-mail: ZA031-sa.distribution@msc.com
haulage service and depots Website: www.msc.com
Subsidiaries: MSC Logistics, MSC Depots, Medtravel, MSC BRANCH OFFICES:
Printing, Potlako Global Logistics, MEDLOG, Africa Global
Logistics (AGL), Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) Johannesburg: Tel: +27 (0)11 263 400
Cape Town: Tel: +27 (0)21 405 2000
Holding Company: MSC Mediterranean Shipping
Company SA (a company registered in Switzerland) Port Elizabeth: Tel: +27 (0)41 505 4800
East London: Tel: +27 (0)43 702 8293
Date Established: 1978 Pretoria: Tel: +27 (0)12 335 6980

MOVING THE WORLD, TOGETHER. the shipping community and MSC’s willingness to
initiate change to meet the requirements of clients
The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has an and principals.
innovative, flexible and unique approach to shipping South African Investments
that has allowed the company to grow significantly over
the last fifty years. Founded in 1970, MSC is now the MSC has significant investments in the South African
biggest user of the South African ports and is currently property market, with instantly recognisable office
the world’s largest container shipping company. buildings in Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth,
Johannesburg and Pretoria
MSC has 675 offices in 155 countries with a team
of almost 200 000 people around the world, and In addition, MSC has invested in multiple depot and
a dedicated fleet of 900 container vessels with an logistics sites throughout South Africa and has made
annual carrying capacity of 27 million TEU. The global significant leasehold improvements to operational
sailing schedule covers 300 trade routes and calls at depot and logistics sites located in the Transnet port
more than 520 ports. precincts of Durban, Coega and Cape Town. MSC
inaugurated a state-of-the-art cold storage facility in
MSC provides global coverage, linking South Africa Durban in March 2024. The 15,000-meter cold store
directly with Europe, UK, USA, Asia, Middle East, facility is operated under MEDLOG with a capacity up
India, Pakistan, Far East, Australia, New Zealand to 10 000 pallets.
as well as the key ports of Africa’s West Coast, East
Coast and the Indian Ocean Islands, South America, Technical Expertise
Madagascar and Mozambique. MSC’s dramatic MSC’s hugely successful technical division, which
growth over the past decade can be attributed to two was expanded in 1998, operates a world-class, full-
things: the quality management system that aims at scale engine repair and maintenance facility. This is
consistently improving upon service levels within headed up by a team of highly trained Italian and

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