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Marseilles container volume up 16%

Marseilles container volume up 16%

   Container traffic at the Port of Marseilles-Fos grew 16 percent by units and tonnage through the first five months of 2010, the port said Monday.

   Container volume swelled 421,143 TEUs, including a 10 percent rise to 309,038 TEUs at the deep sea Fos terminal — its best performance for three years — and a 37 percent rise, to 112,105 TEUs in the mainly intra-Mediterranean trades handled at Marseilles.