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Fos Fast Starts 2006
01 Jun 2006
With strong growth in almost all trade sectors, cargo throughput at the Port of Marseilles-Fos totalled 16.42m tons to the end of February, marking a 12.4% increase on the first two months of last year.
Container volumes rose 5% to 142,000teu, with east-west services through the Fos terminal contributing 95,000teu. Container tonnage was up 11% to 1.49 MT, helping general cargo surge by 9.4% to 2.57 MT. Sharing the balance with ro-ro traffic, conventional trades improved by 17% on the back of steel coil exports.
MJInformation No: 21997
