News / MSC forms Italian rail freight JV with Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

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MSC is set to further extend its presence in the Italian rail freight market after yesterday agreeing to form a joint-venture with Italian state-owned rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) to “expand the freight logistics network between Italian and European ports”.

Via its overland transport and logistics subsidiary, Medlog, the world’s largest shipping line signed an MoU with FS’s logistics division, Mercitalia Logistics, to create a company – in which the partners will have a 49% and 51% stake respectively ...