I-Mediterranean Shipping (MSC), ngokusebenzisa inkampani engaphansi kwe-SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl, ivumile ukuthola u-100% wesheya lenhloko-dolobha ye-Rimorchiatori Mediterranei evela e-Genana-based Rimorchiatori Riuniti kanye ne-DWS Infrastructure Investment Business Management Fund.I-Rimorchiatori Mediterranei iyi-tugboat operator esebenza e-Italy, Malta, Singapore, Malaysia, Norway, Greece nase-Colombia.Intengo yokwenziwe ayikadalulwa.

I-MSC igcizelele ukuthi ukuqedwa kokuthengwayo kusangaphansi kokugunyazwa yiziphathimandla zokuncintisana ezifanele.Eminye imininingwane yemigomo yesivumelwano, kanye nenani lesivumelwano, ayizange idalulwe.

"Ngalokhu kuthengiselana, i-MSC izothuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kwensiza yazo zonke izikebhe ze-Rimorchiatori Mediterranei," kusho inkampani yaseSwitzerland.U-Diego Aponte, uMongameli we-MSC, uthe: "Sijabule ngokuba yingxenye yesigaba esilandelayo sokukhula nokwenza ngcono kwe-Rimorchiatori Mediterranei futhi sibheke phambili ekuqhubekeni nokwandisa ibhizinisi lethu."

UMongameli Omkhulu waseRimorchiatori Riuniti u-Gregorio Gavarone wengeze wathi: “Ngenxa yenethiwekhi yayo yomhlaba wonke kwezokuthutha kanye nokusebenza kwemikhumbi, sikholelwa ukuthi i-MSC izoba umtshali-zimali okahle we-Rimorchiatori Mediterranei ukuze iqhubekele esigabeni esilandelayo sokukhula.”

Ngenyanga edlule, i-MSC yamemezela ukungena kwayo ezimpahleni zomoya ngokusungulwa kwe-MSC Air Cargo, inkampani ethwala impahla emoyeni ezoqala ukusebenza ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.Inkampani yemikhumbi ecebile futhi ithole ezinye izinkampani eziningi zezokuthutha, okuhlanganisa i-Bolloré Africa Logistics kanye ne-Log-In Logistica.

I-MSC ibiza amachweba angama-500 emizileni yohwebo engaphezu kwama-230 ngokuhlomisa imikhumbi yakamuva eluhlaza, ethutha cishe ama-TEU ayizigidi ezingama-23 ngonyaka.Ngokuka-Alphaliner, umkhumbi wayo wamabhokisi njengamanje uthwala ama-TEU angu-4,533,202, okusho ukuthi inkampani inesabelo semakethe somhlaba esingu-17.5%.