The Port Authority of Marseille has announced that in the first semester of this year the port of Marseille Fos has Handled a total of almost nine tons of goods, with a decrease of two million tons compared to the first half of 2022 mainly generated by the contraction in volumes enlivened in the first quarter of 2023 when, with 15.6 million tons, a bending of the -19% on the Same period as last year. In the second quarter of 2023, On the other hand, the 19.3 million tonnes handled represent a increase of +4% on the corresponding period of 2022.

In the first six months of this year, container traffic alone has been pairs to almost 700 thousand teu, the -15% less than to the first half of 2022, of which about 387 thousand teu totaled in the single second trimester of 2023, with a decrease of -4% on the period April-June last year.

Liquid bulk accounted for the first half of the 2023 with a total of over 21 million tons (+2%), of which more than 11 million in the second quarter alone (+17%). The dry bulk, with almost 4.5 million tons, have recorded a decrease of -23%, with a decrease that in the only second quarter, with 2.5 million tonnes, was -22,0%.

In the first six months of this year there were 1.5 passengers million (+67%).