Marseilles deep sea box volume up 21%
Container throughput at the Port of Marseilles Fos rose 4 percent for the year through July, helped by a 21 percent gain at the port’s Fos deep sea terminal.
Throughput for the first seven months of the year was 515,000 TEUs, with 402,000 TEUs being handled by the deep sea terminal, which has seen considerable gains in volume during a year in which most container terminals are seeing volume losses.
Total throughput at the port, which also handles roll-on/roll-off, dry bulk, oil and gas cargoes, fell 13 percent to 49 million tons through July.
Marseilles deep sea box volume up 21%
