Yesterday the board of directors of the railway group Spanish Renfe has selected Medway/Medlog, a transport company multimodal of the shipowning group Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), as industrial partner for Renfe Mercancías, The Group's rail freight transport company Iberian, selection that came as a result of negotiations also with the Danish shipping companies Maersk and French CMA CGM. The resolution of the Board of the public company Renfe will be subject to the Government of Madrid.

The project of partial privatization of Renfe Mercancías provides that Medway/Medlog is to be contributed at least 50% of the capital of Renfe Mercancías or a joint venture specifically establishment and maintenance of the current level of employment and the development of complete logistics solutions in the field of national and international.

MSC is already present in the rail cargo market Iberico having acquired at the beginning of 2016 the company Portuguese CP Carga ( of 28 January 2016).