Cargo throughput at Marseilles-Fos totalled 64.27m tonnes to the end of August, a 1% drop on the first eight months last year. Strong performances in the oil and liquid bulk sectors could not offset the impact of industrial action from mid-April to the end of June over the French government’s port reform proposals.
Container traffic suffered most, slumping 16% at 5.6m tonnes and 551,000 TEU – with key east-west volumes handled at Fos falling 22% to 366,000 teu. The box deficit left general cargo 11% worse for the period on 10.36m tones, although ro-ro traffic rose 3% to 3MT due to growth from North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.
Container traffic suffered most, slumping 16% at 5.6m tonnes and 551,000 TEU – with key east-west volumes handled at Fos falling 22% to 366,000 teu. The box deficit left general cargo 11% worse for the period on 10.36m tones, although ro-ro traffic rose 3% to 3MT due to growth from North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.