Mediterranean Shipping Company
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)
Added to the Dirty List 11 December 2018
Removed from the Dirty List 16 June 2021
MSC has now moved offices.
Background
The MSC is a Swiss company and one of the world’s largest shipping companies. It rented its offices in Burma from the Myawaddy Bank. The Myawaddy Bank is part of the Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings (UMEH), which is controlled by and for the benefit of the military.
Contact:
Mediterranean Shipping Company
S.A.Chemin Rieu 12-14,1208
Geneva
Switzerland
Email: info@msc.com
Source:
MSC website October 2018
https://www.msc.com/mmr/contact-us/msc-yangon?lang=en-gb#
Notified 30th November 2018
Added to the Dirty List 11 December 2018
Correspondence
MSC have not responded to Burma Campaign UK, but have responded to one of our supporters. Read the response here.
Removed from the Dirty List 16 June 2021.
The Dirty List
The Dirty List names international companies doing business with the military in Burma. The list also includes international companies involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction.
In September 2018, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, which has been investigating human rights violations in the country, stated:
“The actions of the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in particular in the context of the ‘clearance operations’ in northern Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the Tatmadaw, its current leadership, and its businesses, is indefensible.”
A PDF of the full Dirty List is available here.