First quarter container traffic at Fos deepsea terminal, which handles the key east-west trades, fell 16% on last year to 157,039 TEU but was down just 1% for March at 63,627 TEU, helped by three new weekly services launched by Maersk-CMA CGM, MSC and Turkon.
Total box throughput for the quarter was 21% down on 206,807 teu after a 33% slump in trans-Mediterranean traffic handled in the Marseilles harbour area, but the overall March deficit narrowed to 13% on 78,825 teu.
Meanwhile oil volumes rose 11% to 5.9m tonnes in March to cut the year-on-year deficit to 4% with 15.3m tonnes for the first three months. The port’s total January-March cargo throughput fell 14% to 20.85m tonnes, although the March figure of 7.9m tonnes was only 4% down.
Total box throughput for the quarter was 21% down on 206,807 teu after a 33% slump in trans-Mediterranean traffic handled in the Marseilles harbour area, but the overall March deficit narrowed to 13% on 78,825 teu.
Meanwhile oil volumes rose 11% to 5.9m tonnes in March to cut the year-on-year deficit to 4% with 15.3m tonnes for the first three months. The port’s total January-March cargo throughput fell 14% to 20.85m tonnes, although the March figure of 7.9m tonnes was only 4% down.