MSC Zoe was one of the largest container ships in the world when built in 2015. It is the third of a series of ships built by MSC, after MSC Oscar and MSC Oliver.

Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A, branded as MSC, is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte family with its headquarters in Switzerland since 1978. It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, controlling about 19.7 percent of the global container ship fleet.