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In the first half of 2020, freight traffic in the port of Marseille Fos fell by -15%
Containers fell by -17%
July 9, 2020
In the second quarter of this year, the reduction in the volume of traffic in particular miscellaneous goods totaling 4.2 million tonnes (-21%), with container traffic amounting to 290,000 teu (-22%). Less accentuated is the contraction of bulks 10.1 million tonnes fell by -8%, while liquid bulk traffic, with 3.0 million tonnes, is stable result.
In the first six months of 2020, miscellaneous goods amounted to 8.7 million tonnes, a drop of -15% over the same period last year, with only one containerized traffic that is 617 thousand teu (-17%). Liquid and dry bulks have 20.0 million tonnes (-13%) respectively 6,0 million tonnes (-1%).
The impact, especially in the second quarter of 2020, is significant. of the Covid-19 pandemic on passenger traffic in the port French. In the first six months of this year, cruise traffic was only 128 thousand passengers compared to almost 800,000 during the same period of 2019, while ferry passengers 162 thousand, down -59% from 397 thousand in the first mid-last year.
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In the second quarter of this year, the reduction in the volume of traffic in particular miscellaneous goods totaling 4.2 million tonnes (-21%), with container traffic amounting to 290,000 teu (-22%). Less accentuated is the contraction of bulks 10.1 million tonnes fell by -8%, while liquid bulk traffic, with 3.0 million tonnes, is stable result.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
