the port of Marseilles, to root cause of the bending of the determined hydrocarbon traffic essentially from the contraction of the exports, between which that back the German refinery of Miro de Karlsruhe that they give August 2012 does not happen more through the French harbour port of call, has recorded the sixth consecutive trimester of the reduction of the traffic of the goods having enlivened in the period July-september of this year 20,15 million tons of goods, in decrease of -6,6% regarding the 21,57 million one tons in the third trimester of 2012.

In the third trimester of the 2013 French port has enlivened altogether 12,14 million tons of liquid bulk (- 14.6%), of which 11,16 million tons of hydrocarbons (- 16.0%) and 978 thousand tons of other liquid bulk (+4.7%). In moderated increase, instead, the volume of the goods several that has been attested 4,40 million to tons (+2.2%), of which 2,71 million tons of containerized cargos (+3.6%) totaled enlivening 280,107 container teu (+3.5%), 1,05 million tons of rotabili cargos (- 7.9%) and 645 thousand conventional tons of goods (+16.0%). More consisting the increment of the volume of the solid bulk, that it is increased of 18.7% 3,61 million to tons. In the field of the passengers the traffic has remained almost stable to 1,15 million people (- 0.5%).

In the first nine months of this year the port of Marseilles Fos has enlivened a total of 60,68 million tons of goods, with a decrease of the -5,5% regarding 64,18 million tons in the period January-september of 2012. The liquid bulk is dropped altogether of -11,4% to the 37,66 million one tons, of which 35,03 million tons of hydrocarbons (- 12.0%) and 2,62 million tons of other liquid bulk (- 2.7%). In the section of the goods several the traffic is piled to 13,15 million tons (+2.4%), of which 8,12 million tons of goods in container (+4.5%) totaled enlivening 827,194 teu (+4.5%), 3,01 million tons of rotabili cargos (- 6.3%) and 2,01 million conventional tons of goods (+8.4%). The volume of the solid bulk has grown of 11.6% to 9,88 million tons. The traffic of the passengers has been of 2,1 million unit (+5.7%) .