MSC Shipping Schedules
MSC routes, transit times and schedule reliability, measured from containers tracked on ShipsGo. Search your route to compare every MSC service with the other carriers, or see where MSC sails most.
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Pick a port of loading and a port of discharge to see every MSC service on that route, with real transit times, schedule reliability and recent sailings next to every other carrier.
About MSC
Mediterranean Shipping Company was founded in 1970 by Captain Gianluigi Aponte, who started with one small cargo ship, the MV Patricia. The company is still owned by the Aponte family and run from Geneva, and it describes itself as the world's largest container shipping company.
The 2M vessel-sharing agreement with Maersk ended in January 2025. Since then MSC has not belonged to an alliance and sets its own port rotations, while it exchanges slots with the Premier Alliance of ONE, HMM and Yang Ming on a number of Asia to Europe services.
This page shows what MSC containers tracked on ShipsGo actually did: the routes MSC sails most, real transit times and how often MSC kept to its planned schedule.
MSC Company Facts
- SCAC
- MSCU
- Legal name
- MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.
- Founded
- 1970
- Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland- Alliance
- Independent
- Website
- msc.com
MSC Top Routes
The ten routes with the most MSC containers tracked on ShipsGo. Transit time runs from loading to discharge, and speed rank shows where MSC places among all carriers we track on the same route.
| Route | Avg. transit | Reliability | Routing | Speed rank | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gemlik to  Altamira | 33 days | 97.0% | 100% via T/S | 1st fastest of 3 | Compare services |
Antalya to  Xiamen | 51 days | 71.4% | 100% via T/S | 1st fastest of 2 | Compare services |
Iskenderun to  Alexandria | 5 days | 56.8% | 99% direct | 4th fastest of 5 | Compare services |
| Aliaga (Izmir) to Xiamen | 44 days | 80.1% | 57% direct | 1st fastest of 2 | Compare services |
Iskenderun to  Antwerp | 24 days | 93.3% | 100% direct | 1st fastest of 6 | Compare services |
 Helsinki to  Onne | 55 days | 69.5% | 100% via T/S | Only tracked carrier | Compare services |
Izmir to  Gdynia | 37 days | 94.8% | 100% via T/S | Only tracked carrier | Compare services |
 San Pedro (Ivory Coast) to Izmit (Gebze) | 30 days | 89.2% | 100% via T/S | 1st fastest of 2 | Compare services |
 Cape Town to  Philadelphia | 20 days | 85.4% | 100% direct | Only tracked carrier | Compare services |
| Gemlik to Tianjin (Xingang) | 64 days | 91.8% | 100% via T/S | 2nd fastest of 2 | Compare services |
MSC Schedule Reliability
April 2026 to October 2026, updated 18 October 2026
Schedule reliability compares the transit time each container actually took with the transit time MSC planned when the vessel sailed.
| Month | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2026 | 87.2% |
| June 2026 | 88.1% |
| July 2026 | 86.0% |
| August 2026 | 84.0% |
| September 2026 | 84.9% |
MSC Loading, Discharge and Transshipment Ports
Share of MSC containers tracked on ShipsGo in the last six months.
Top MSC Loading Ports
- Iskenderun 5.2%
- Aliaga (Izmir) 4.8%
- Gemlik 4.8%
- Mersin 4.4%
- Ningbo 4.0%
Top MSC Discharge Ports
- Izmit (Gebze) 3.9%
Rotterdam 2.8%- Antwerp 2.7%
- Xiamen 2.4%
Valencia 2.3%
Top MSC Transshipment Ports
37% sailed direct. The rest changed vessels at least once, most often here.
Sines 13.4%- Antwerp 13.3%
Singapore 10.9%
Gioia Tauro 10.2%
Busan (Pusan) 4.7%
Main MSC Trades
Region to region, by share of MSC containers.
- Eastern Asia to Western AsiaShare 4.5%Reliability 89.7%
- Western Asia to Eastern AsiaShare 4.2%Reliability 81.8%
- Eastern Asia to South AmericaShare 4.0%Reliability 90.3%
- Western Asia to Western EuropeShare 3.5%Reliability 86.3%
- Western Asia to Southern EuropeShare 3.5%Reliability 79.9%
MSC Container Tracking
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MSC Shipping Schedule FAQ
Search your port of loading and port of discharge in Service Finder. You get every MSC service on that route with real transit times, schedule reliability and the most recent sailings, next to the other carriers.
Between April 2026 and October 2026, MSC containers tracked on ShipsGo took 33 days on average from Gemlik to Altamira. All of them changed vessels at least once on the way.
Across the routes tracked on ShipsGo between April 2026 and October 2026, MSC kept an average schedule reliability of 85.7%. Schedule reliability compares the transit time a container actually took with the transit time planned when it sailed.
The ports where MSC containers most often changed vessels between April 2026 and October 2026 were Sines, Antwerp and Singapore.
Enter the container, booking or bill of lading number on the MSC tracking page on ShipsGo. You can follow the vessel, every port event and the ETA, and get alerts when the container sails, arrives or is released.
Search your port pair in Service Finder. It lists every carrier and service sailing that route with real transit times, reliability and the most recent sailings, so you can see how MSC compares before you book.
No. The 2M alliance with Maersk ended in January 2025. MSC now runs its own network and exchanges slots with the Premier Alliance on some Asia to Europe services.
How These Figures Are Calculated
Schedule reliability and route transit times come from MSC containers that started being tracked on ShipsGo between 18 April 2026 and 18 October 2026 and have since been discharged. Transit time runs from loading at the origin port to discharge at the destination. Route figures average every routing MSC uses on that port pair, so a single service in a Service Finder search can differ. A route or month is shown only when enough containers were tracked on it for a meaningful average, and volumes are shown as shares rather than counts.
