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SOCIAL IMPACT OF MSC’S OPERATIONS services. We continuously change our routes and create in transhipment operations, while supporting the
AND ACTIVITIES WORLDWIDE We pride ourselves new lines to serve people on all continents. Despite modernisation of ports and terminals. We also offer

in having a unique our impressive growth, we remain consistent with our ad hoc intermodal solutions to connect remote areas
philosophy, which considers our customers, partners
and expand inland networks. By doing so, we are
The arrival of the container during the 1960s has and employees as part of our success. What we call honoured to partner with national authorities, financial
profoundly transformed the way goods are transported, approach to shipping, the “MSC Difference” is our true understanding institutions and other stakeholders to contribute
contributing to create the highly connected world that where the social of shipping, our passion and our commitment to toward increasing countries’ competitiveness at the
we know today. Containerisation is usually referred to constantly adapt to meet our customers’ needs, while international level and to support their growing
as one of the most important revolutions of the 20 th dimension plays
century, as it led to exceptional growth in world trade, a crucial role in our constantly investing in our staff development. position in the global trade.
MSC also provides cargo-related businesses, including
by drastically reducing transportation costs and guar- This explains our investments in emerging, developing depots and logistics services such as warehouses and
and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), along with
anteeing just-in-time delivery with competitive transit business strategies Small Island Developing States (SIDS), although maintenance & repair of containers (M&R), contributing
times, improving efficiency as well as increasing safety and ethical practices trade volumes and GDPs may be lower than in other to the development of shipping-related industries
in handling cargo. It also allowed emerging countries locations. There, we bring our long-standing expertise in Africa, Latin America and Asia and generating
to export their own products all around the world and are promoted thousands of job opportunities for local communities.
sell them to households at affordable prices. This
contributed, inter alia, to global welfare and the
increase of people’s wealth, to the growth of local
industries and to fast inclusive development. The
shipping lines had to quickly adapt to these changes
by expanding their routes and by investing heavily in
new equipment to respond to a growing demand for
their services. Container shipping has tremendously
evolved over the last fifty years, becoming a highly-
sophisticated business.
Founded in 1970, MSC was part of this revolution,
growing from a single vessel operation to positioning
itself as a world leader in global container shipping.
Since the beginning of our operations, we have
provided our contribution to global economic growth
and to the development of international trade. Yet, we
are fully aware that bringing economic growth per se
is not enough to alleviate poverty. We are also aware
that globalisation may create inequalities, if the right
policies are not in place and if business is not conducted
in a fair and responsible manner.
Thus, we pride ourselves in having a unique approach
to shipping, where the social dimension plays a crucial
role in our business strategies and ethical practices are
promoted. Our own interpretation of shipping operations
is to bring our vessels where there is a need for our

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