In a three-pronged growth initiative, the board also approved projects to extend the Fos Distriport logistics zone and to build a canal enhancing access between Fos container terminals and the Rhone inland waterways system.
The announcement on the new box terminals follows confirmation that construction of the Fos 2XL container development will start in September. Fos 2XL, due in service by 2010 at a cost of more than €400m, will increase annual capacity at the port from 600,000 to 2.1m teu, by creating two terminals in partnership with private operators Port Synergy and MSC.
The proposed additional terminals, designated Fos 3XL and Fos 4XL, would be operated on a similar basis. Subject to feasibility approval, a tender process would begin in 2008, with the terminals due on stream seven to ten years later. Although the study stage involves both terminals, development might be phased – Fos 3XL has been included in the 2007–13 regional development plan while Fos 4XL is scheduled for the following period.
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