Marseilles-Fos box traffic up 3% in first eight months
The port of Marseilles-Fos handled 554,000 TEUs in the first eight months of the year, an increase of 2.8 percent on the same period of last year.
Over the same period, traffic at the Fos area of the port rose by 9 percent, to 354,000 TEUs.
The Marseilles-Fos port authority has invited bids for the second phase of “Fos 2XL,” a new container terminal complex in Fos.
“Applications are due by Oct. 15 and are expected to include a bid from the consortium led by French line CMA CGM and P&O Ports,” the French port authority said. The consortium won the concession for the first phase of the development.