Diego Aponte: MSC Oliver to join the fleet of Mediterranean Shipping Company in April 2015
First in a series of 20 vessels, MSC Oscar will be joined by sister ship MSC Oliver in April 2015 followed by the rest of the family over the coming months, Diego Aponte said in an interview with CNN, the shipping company said in a press release.
Not only does Diego proudly talk about MSC Oscar as the “most efficient vessel on the planet”, able to carry 35% more cargo while reducing CO2 emissions by the same amount, but she is also special because she is named after his son.
Diego spoke passionately about the MSC fleet, the challenges of the volatile container business, the barometer of global trade, and the fact that 65% of global transport is done through containers. Today, without containerization, there would be no globalization.
Geneva-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) was founded in 1970. Now it is the world's second shipping line in terms of container vessel capacity. MSC's fleet, which operates in all major ports of the world, comprises 471 vessels and has a capacity of 2,435,000 TEUs (as of end-December 2014).
