The French port's Fos Distriport logistics zone's 100-hectare extension will house an additional 400,000 square metres of warehousing and applications for the four plots of land are invited from major international players.
The Port of Marseilles Authority (PMA) appeal will open by the autumn reported UK's Transport Intelligence, with successful tenders selected by the middle of 2009.
The port's first half results were down 13 per cent in corresponding period of 2007, throughput of 426,000 TEUs, with volume at the Fos port's hub for east-west trades falling 17 per cent to 286,000 TEUs. The month of June as a whole fell 46 per cent to 34,000 TEU with the PMA citing the poor figures on "prolonged industrial action over the French government's port reform proposals".
However the eastern harbour at Marseilles showed strength despite a first half four per cent drop in throughput to 140,000 TEU and a one per cent fall to 25,000 TEU in June.
Separately, the French transport ministry nominated Jean-Claude Terrier to become the port's new director general. He was, previously director general at Dunkirk since 2004. He will succeed Guy Janin who is to retire after nearly three years in the post and is due to commence September.
The Port of Marseilles Authority (PMA) appeal will open by the autumn reported UK's Transport Intelligence, with successful tenders selected by the middle of 2009.
The port's first half results were down 13 per cent in corresponding period of 2007, throughput of 426,000 TEUs, with volume at the Fos port's hub for east-west trades falling 17 per cent to 286,000 TEUs. The month of June as a whole fell 46 per cent to 34,000 TEU with the PMA citing the poor figures on "prolonged industrial action over the French government's port reform proposals".
However the eastern harbour at Marseilles showed strength despite a first half four per cent drop in throughput to 140,000 TEU and a one per cent fall to 25,000 TEU in June.
Separately, the French transport ministry nominated Jean-Claude Terrier to become the port's new director general. He was, previously director general at Dunkirk since 2004. He will succeed Guy Janin who is to retire after nearly three years in the post and is due to commence September.