Container throughput at the port of Marseilles/Fos in the first eight months of the year through August increased by 4 percent to 583,779 20-foot containers from the same period last year, the French port said Monday.
While a slump in the intra-Mediterranean trades caused box volumes via the Marseilles eastern harbor to drop by a third, throughput at the nearby Fos deep-sea terminal increased 23 percent to 458,219 TEUs in the same period.
Container tonnage increased by 3 percent to 5.75 million metric tons in the first eight months.
General cargo tonnage declined by 8 percent to 9.52 million metric tons. Roll-on, roll-of volumes dropped 9 percent to 2.73 million metric tons and conventional trades were down 40 percent to 1.04 million metric tons, although demand for steel products revived in August.
Total cargo throughput at the port declined by 13 percent from the same period last year to 55.69 million metric tons despite further signs of recovery in August.
While a slump in the intra-Mediterranean trades caused box volumes via the Marseilles eastern harbor to drop by a third, throughput at the nearby Fos deep-sea terminal increased 23 percent to 458,219 TEUs in the same period.
Container tonnage increased by 3 percent to 5.75 million metric tons in the first eight months.
General cargo tonnage declined by 8 percent to 9.52 million metric tons. Roll-on, roll-of volumes dropped 9 percent to 2.73 million metric tons and conventional trades were down 40 percent to 1.04 million metric tons, although demand for steel products revived in August.
Total cargo throughput at the port declined by 13 percent from the same period last year to 55.69 million metric tons despite further signs of recovery in August.