Marseille reports 2.5% growth

The Port of Marseilles Fos has recorded a 2.5% year-on-year increase in its container volumes in 2016.

The port handled a total of 1.25m teu last year, compared to 1.22m teu handled in 2015, with container throughput going up by 4% at the dee-sea Fos terminals.

According to the port, container volumes were boosted by an increase of 20-80% on eight lines, of which three serve Asia, two the USA and Canada, an additional two the Mediterranean and one the Indian Ocean.