Cargo handled at leading French port Marseilles Fos to the end of May reached 36.6 million tonnes - up 6% on the first five months last year – with container throughput contributing a 16% increase in both tonnage and units… Following a call for tenders last July, the Marseilles Fos port authority has chosen a group led by SNCF subsidiary VFLI to operate and maintain the port’s 110km internal rail system… Fast-expanding container facilities at Marseilles Fos were in the spotlight when the port exhibited at the Transport & Logistics China trade show in Shanghai (June 8-10)…
Throughput at leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos topped 29 million tonnes to the end of April for a 6% increase on the first four months last year, with April traffic underlining the first quarter upturn in container volumes and local steel and chemicals output…
The Marseilles Fos port authority has signed an agreement defining the terms of a 15-year concession for Italian shiprepairer San Giorgio del Porto (SGDP) to operate dry docks 8 and 9…
A new crude oil berth has entered service at Fos to replace a former crude facility that now handles LNG after being re-allocated to the Fos-Cavaou Methane Terminal company…
Container volumes and a revival in local steel and chemicals production helped leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos to total throughput of almost 21.5 million tonnes in the first quarter, a 3% increase on January-March last year
Leading French and Mediterranean cargo port Marseilles Fos - which handled 83 million tonnes last year to rank fourth in Europe - is establishing commercial representation in Brazil to further enhance links with its main trading partner in South America, which currently contributes some 4.5MT a year…. Marseilles Fos is about to host its fourth United Nations TrainForTrade seminar helping to strengthen the port management training capabilities of port executives from French-speaking African nations…
Major growth in Marseilles Fos container volumes to the end of February helped the leading French cargo port to total throughput of 13.5 million tonnes – up 4% on the first two months last year – in a further sign of global economic recovery…
The Marseilles Fos port authority has hosted a meeting of fellow partners in a Mediterranean ports and infrastructure project part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund…
January throughput at leading French port Marseilles Fos suggested signs of recovery in the world economy with a 10% year on year increase in cargo volumes and a threefold rise in cruise passengers. Cargo totalled almost 7.2 million tonnes with increases in all four main categories…
The Marseilles Fos port authority has appointed Dirk Becquart, 45, to the new post of development director with effect from March 15. He has been commercial director at the port of Ghent in his native Belgium since 2006…
Throughput at leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos fell 13.3% to 83 million tonnes last year – compared with 96MT in 2008 – but capital investment soared and most development plans stayed on track despite one of the port’s sharpest-ever trade reversals…
Leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos is preparing an appeal for candidates to run the Graveleau container terminal at Fos under the 2008 port reform law requiring the transfer of some cargo-handling operations to private stevedores…
The Marseilles Fos supervisory board has approved a freeze on 2010 port tariffs to support customers “in a strained economic context” and to enhance the port’s competitiveness…
Development and financing strategy for major upgrades to the port rail network have been agreed in principle by the Marseilles Fos supervisory board. Total costs are estimated at EUR250-300 million over the next ten years…
Cargo throughput at Marseilles Fos totalled 68.8 million tonnes to the end of October, a fall of 16% on the first ten months of 2008, but passenger carryings rose 5% on the back of booming cruise business…
Genoa-based shiprepairer San Giorgio del Porto has won the bidding to operate number 8 and 9 dry docks at French port Marseilles-Fos…
The Marseilles Fos port authority has named two successful bidders under a call to tender for the installation of rooftop solar power systems that by 2012 will generate more electricity than is consumed in the Marseilles harbour area…
The Marseille Europort promotional group – combining the Marseilles Fos port authority, shipowners and the chamber of commerce – has completed a three-day trade mission in key market Turkey… Work has started on a five-year, EUR20 million project to renovate the sea wall protecting the Marseilles eastern harbour, with repairs to the first 50-metre section now complete…
Deepsea container traffic cheered leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos in the nine months to the end of September, rising 25% compared with last year, while passenger numbers were boosted by a 20% increase from the cruise sector. Difficulties in other cargo sectors left total throughput 15% down on 61.77 million tonnes, marked by sharp drops in oil, dry bulk and liquid bulk volumes...
Deepsea box trades lead signs of recovery at Marseilles Fos...
A simplified customs procedure for the transfer of import cargo from Fos container terminal to the adjacent Distriport logistics zone is now in place following summer trials of an upgrade to the automated system......
In line with first-half results, Marseilles Fos cargo throughput to the end of July was down 13% compared to the first seven months last year despite further container growth, while soaring cruise numbers continued to boost passenger traffic...
Marseilles Fos management and the CGT trade union have reached an agreement on the transfer of port authority dockers based at Mourepiane container terminal, in the Marseilles harbour area, to the private stevedoring company Intramar...
Despite growth in container and LNG volumes, first half throughput at leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos fell 13% on January-June last year to 41.42 million tonnes, but passenger numbers were boosted by a 17% rise in cruise traffic
Two major tender calls are being issued this week by the port of Marseille Fos. One for the use of two of its drydocks and the other for the development of a conventional cargo terminal.
The port has hosted a visit by Malaysia’s minister of transport who is aiming to consolidate Marseille Fos as its Euro-Mediterranean distribution hub
Cargo handled at Marseilles Fos totalled 34.57 million tonnes to the end of May – down 14% on the first five months last year – but cruise traffic provided a notable bright spot in the current economic climate...
The port of Marseilles Fos is preparing its initial contribution to a European Union-funded project in which key ports are working to develop a common approach to simulation-based training...
Leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos is boosting its hinterland links with northern Europe by taking a ten per cent stake in Pagny Terminal, the strategically located multimodal hub at the northern end of the Rhone-Saone corridor between Chalon and Dijon...
Members of the Marseille Europort promotional group – representing the port authority, shipowners and chamber of commerce - have completed a two-day trade mission in Algeria, the second largest market for Marseilles Fos container traffic...
January-April throughout at leading French cargo port Marseilles-Fos saw the container and oil sectors maintain their recovery from the world economic crisis, although bulk trades continued to suffer...
Leading French cargo port Marseilles Fos is pondering if its March throughput could indicate “a return to normal” after container and oil volumes began to claw back from a decline caused by the global economic crisis...
The Marseilles Fos supervisory board has approved port strategy and financing to the year 2013, including the transfer of container and dry bulk cargo handling to private operators – a requirement of the French port reform law passed last July...
January-February throughput at Marseilles Fos, the leading French cargo port, fell 21% compared with the first two months last year as the global recession continued to hit world trade...
Members of the new 40-strong development board at the port of Marseilles Fos have elected ferry company boss Marc Reverchon as chairman...
The world economic crisis hit cargo activity at the port of Marseilles Fos in January, with total throughput of 6.54 million tonnes marking a 24% drop on the corresponding month last year...
The port of Marseilles Fos has been granted EUR 7.5 million from the French government to kick-start essential work on the sea wall and the internal rail network during 2009... A port of Marseilles Fos delegation led by executive chairman Jean-Claude Terrier has completed a six-day trade mission to Turkey – the third since 2004 to one of the port’s major trading partners....
The chairman of the new 17-member supervisory board at the port of Marseilles Fos has been named as Patrick Daher, chairman and managing director of the Daher industrial group...
Total 2008 cargo throughput at the port of Marseilles Fos finished on 96 million tonnes – just 0.3% down on 2007 despite the impact of first-half industrial action over French port reforms and a second-half slowdown due to the world economic crisis...