Fos records
Total 2013 throughput at Marseilles Fos confirmed containers, steel industry bulks, LNG and cruise traffic as the major growth drivers at the French port.
In contrast, a mounting decline in crude oil and petroleum volumes pegged overall cargo to 80m tonnes for the year, down 7% on 2012.
Oil and gas still accounts for more than half the cargo handled at one of the world’s biggest oil ports, but volumes have been eroded by the restructuring of Europe’s refinery industry. Against this, following 12% growth in 2012, container volumes rose by a further 3% to set a new port record of 1,097,740 teu. Container tonnage also rose 3% overall to 10.77MT.
Passenger throughput rose 7% to 2.62m after cruise numbers soared 31% to 1.17m for another new port record.
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