Currently, the world’s largest shipping company is Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which holds more than 20% of the shipping market. Yet, this man built the world’s largest shipping company by taking out a loan. The man who built the world’s largest shipping company, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), is Gianluigi Aponte, from Italy. Built the world's largest shipping company with a loanIn 1970, Gianluigi Aponte, with his wife Rafaela Aponte-Diamant, started the Mediterranean Shipping Company by buying a small second-hand ship, MV Patricia, in Brussels. It is remarkable that the world’s largest shipping company is based in a country with no coastline.

Source: News 24 February 08, 2026 02:46 UTC